Contaminants · Metals
ThalliumTl
A metal. Like any element it does not break down: it can be taken out of the soil or water, held in place or changed in chemical form, but not destroyed.
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)273 sites, 232 still listed
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.
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
Notable case, Andalucía (Sevilla), Spain
Aznalcóllar spill and the Guadiamar Green Corridor
Phytoremediation
Former SIN, Province di Caserta e Napoli
Litorale Domizio Flegreo and Agro Aversano ("Terra dei Fuochi")
Phytoremediation
Italy, Cave del Predil (Tarvisio, Udine)
Raibl mine, Cave del Predil
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- BrindisiPuglia
- ManfredoniaManfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia)
Elsewhere in the world
- Kingston coal ash spillKingston, Roane County, United States