Contaminants · Organic compounds
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesPFAS
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.
- 3 written pages
- 46 sites on the national lists
- 0 species studied
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.
Canada
Federal contaminated sites, High Priority for Action (Class 1)37 sites, 34 still listed
United States
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)9 sites
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- Miteni (formerly RIMAR), TrissinoTrissino (Vicenza)
- Spinetta Marengo (Solvay, now Syensqo, chemical plant)Spinetta Marengo, Alessandria