Contaminants · Organic compounds

Phenols and chlorophenols

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.

14 written pages
493 sites on the national lists
5 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.

United States
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)
466 sites, 369 still listed, 25% of the list
Taiwan
Taiwan – control sites and remediation sites (Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act)
27 sites, 5 still listed, <1% of the list

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.