Atlas of Contaminated Sites

Contaminants · Organic compounds

Polychlorinated biphenylsPCB

An organic compound, that is, one built on carbon. Many organic compounds can be broken down by microbes, plants or fungi; others stay in the environment for decades.

On the national lists

Sites on the national lists whose official record names this substance. In the bar, the coloured part is the sites still listed. The lists, in full, are on the sites page.

Species reported in the literature

Species that acted on this contaminant in at least one study, with the highest level of evidence available. They are pointers from the literature, not a remediation plan.

Plants 4

Fungi 4

Sites where it is found

Where plants or fungi were tried

The other sites with a page

In Italy

Elsewhere in the world