Contaminants · Metals
ZincZn
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.
Taiwan
Taiwan – control sites and remediation sites (Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act)2,186 sites, 76 still listed
United States
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)571 sites, 446 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.
Plants 15
Agrostis capillarisCommon bentfield
Arabidopsis halleriHaller's rockcressfield
Festuca rubraRed fescuefield
Helianthus annuusSunflowerfield
Noccaea caerulescensAlpine pennycressfield
Phragmites australisCommon reedfield
Populus × canadensisCanadian poplar (P. deltoides × P. nigra)field
Populus albaWhite poplarfield
Salix capreaGoat willowfield
Salix viminalisBasket willow, common osierfield- Sedum plumbizincicolaSedum plumbizincicolafield
Sorghum bicolorSorghumfield
Zea maysMaizefield
Arundo donaxGiant reedgreenhouse- Sedum alfrediiAlfred's stonecroplaboratory
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
Notable case, Gujarat (Bhavnagar), India
Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yards
Microbial bioremediation
Notable case, Andalucía (Sevilla), Spain
Aznalcóllar spill and the Guadiamar Green Corridor
Phytoremediation
SIN, Napoli
Bagnoli-Coroglio (Naples)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Lombardia
Brescia-Caffaro
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
SIN, Torviscosa (Udine)
Caffaro di Torviscosa (formerly Grado and Marano Lagoon)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Cengio (Savona)
Cengio and Saliceto (ACNA)
PhytoremediationMycoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Notable case, Chambishi (tra Kitwe e Chingola), Zambia
Chambishi and the Kafue river (Zambian Copperbelt)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Shangba (Wengyuan County), China
Dabaoshan Mine and Shangba village
Phytoremediation
SIN, Fidenza (Parma)
Fidenza (former CIP and Carbochimica plants)
MycoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Notable case, Gabès – Ghannouch, Tunisia
Gulf of Gabès (Groupe Chimique Tunisien complex)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Huanjiang (Hechi), China
Huanjiang (farmland polluted by mine tailings)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Chungcheongnam-do (Seocheon), South Korea
Janghang smelter
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Notable case, Lanping (Nujiang), China
Lanping lead-zinc mine
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Vlaanderen (Limburg), Belgium
Lommel-Maatheide and the Campine (zinc smelters)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Haut-Katanga, Congo - Kinshasa
Lubumbashi and the Katangan Copperbelt
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Tak, Thailand
Mae Tao, Mae Sot (cadmium in rice paddies)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Santa Cruz / Boac / Mogpog, Philippines
Marcopper mine, Marinduque
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Hauts-de-France (Pas-de-Calais), France
Metaleurop Nord (Noyelles-Godault)
Phytoremediation
Trial
Miniere abbandonate della Sardegna (suoli di due siti, prova in serra)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Obuasi gold mine
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Pennsylvania, United States
Palmerton Zinc Pile
Phytoremediation
SIN, Venezia
Porto Marghera (Venice)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
SIN, Porto Torres, Sassari
Porto Torres industrial areas
Microbial bioremediation
Notable case, Portovelo e Zaruma, Ecuador
Portovelo-Zaruma gold district and the Puyango-Tumbes River
Microbial bioremediation
Trial
Puglia, suoli contaminati da metalli (prove con colza)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Las Ventanas (Puchuncaví) e Quintero, Chile
Quintero-Puchuncaví (Ventanas industrial complex)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Italy, Cave del Predil (Tarvisio, Udine)
Raibl mine, Cave del Predil
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Tamil Nadu, India
Ranipet (TCCL chromium waste)
Microbial bioremediation
Italy, Serravalle Scrivia (Alessandria)
Serravalle Scrivia (land next to the KME works)
PhytoremediationMycoremediation
SIN, Portoscuso (Portovesme), Iglesias, Sarroch, Assemini (Macchiareddu), San Gavino Monreale, Villacidro
Sulcis - Iglesiente - Guspinese
Phytoremediation
Trial, Switzerland
Switzerland, two contaminated soils (Thlaspi field trials)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Picher, Ottawa County, United States
Tar Creek (Picher)
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Taranto, Statte
Taranto
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Anhui, China
Tongling copper mine tailings ponds
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Johannesburg, South Africa
Witwatersrand gold tailings and acid mine drainage
Phytoremediation
Trial, England, United Kingdom
Woburn Experimental Farm, sludge-treated plots
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Lengshuijiang (Loudi), China
Xikuangshan antimony mine
PhytoremediationMycoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- BrindisiPuglia
- Crotone - Cassano - CerchiaraCrotone; Cassano allo Ionio e Cerchiara di Calabria (Cosenza)
- Falconara MarittimaFalconara Marittima (Ancona)
- ManfredoniaManfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia)
- Mantua Lakes and chemical complexMantova
- Massa and CarraraMassa, Carrara
- Naples East (Napoli Orientale)Campania
- Orbetello - former Sitoco areaOrbetello, Monte Argentario (Grosseto)
- Pioltello and Rodano (former SISAS plant)Pioltello e Rodano (Milano)
- PiombinoPiombino (Livorno)
- Pitelli (La Spezia)La Spezia e Lerici
- Priolo (Augusta–Priolo–Melilli)Augusta, Priolo Gargallo, Melilli, Siracusa
- Sarno river basinProvince di Salerno, Napoli e Avellino
Elsewhere in the world
- Athabasca oil sands tailings pondsFort McMurray, Canada
- Avonmouth zinc smelterEngland (Bristol), United Kingdom
- Baia Mare (Aurul cyanide spill)Maramureș, Romania
- Bor (copper mines and smelter)Borski okrug, Serbia
- Butte (Berkeley Pit and Silver Bow Creek)Montana, United States
- Cerro de PascoPeru
- Copșa MicăSibiu, Romania
- Corby (steelworks reclamation)England (Northamptonshire), United Kingdom
- Faro MineYukon, Canada
- Guiyu e-waste townGuiyu (Shantou), China
- Huelva phosphogypsum stacksAndalucía (Huelva), Spain
- Jinzū River basin (itai-itai disease)Toyama, Japan
- Kabwe lead mineCentral Province, Zambia
- La OroyaJunín, Peru
- Lakes Poopó and Uru Uru (Oruro mining districts)Oruro, Huanuni, Pazña, Bolivia
- NorilskNoril'sk, Russia
- Port Pirie lead smelterSouth Australia, Australia
- Rum Jungle uranium-copper mineBatchelor, Australia
- Santo Amaro da PurificaçãoBahia, Brazil
- Sitakunda (Chittagong) ship-breaking yardsFaujdarhat, Bangladesh
- Sonora River spill (Buenavista del Cobre mine)Cananea, Mexico
- Torreón (Met-Mex Peñoles smelter)Coahuila, Mexico
- Trail SmelterBritish Columbia, Canada
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) metallurgical complexEast Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan