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*Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.
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| Air Releases (Pounds from TRI sources) |
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| Recognized Carcinogens | 2,884,472 | 81,123 |
| Suspected Carcinogens | 1,432,242 | 26,731 |
| Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants | 15,016,271 | 4,545,918 |
| Recognized Developmental Toxicants | 1,745,547 | 10,019 |
| Suspected Developmental Toxicants | 23,649,564 | 255,399 |
| Suspected Endocrine Toxicants | 2,534,143 | 4,719 |
| Suspected Immunotoxicants | 34,360,502 | 173,214 |
| Suspected Kidney Toxicants | 20,895,476 | 283,714 |
| Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants | 54,399,951 | 377,801 |
| Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants | 34,505,115 | |
| Suspected Neurotoxicants | 32,070,138 | 1,050,023 |
| Recognized Reproductive Toxicants | 295,973 | 8,366 |
| Suspected Reproductive Toxicants | 18,479,153 | 857,094 |
| Suspected Respiratory Toxicants | 63,008,171 | 1,173,985 |
| Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants | 60,349,694 | 513,272 |
*Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below. | ||
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| Year | Air Releases | Water Releases | Land Releases | Underground Injection | Total Environmental Releases | Total Off-Site Transfers | Total Production-Related Waste | |
| 1988 | 108,114,171 | 7,220,075 | 26,489,277 | 6,438,021 | 148,261,544 | 149,174,556 | NA | |
| 1989 | 107,597,715 | 7,250,392 | 5,224,461 | 7,602,901 | 127,675,469 | 23,803,329 | NA | |
| 1990 | 105,564,526 | 3,925,088 | 3,215,880 | 6,437,242 | 119,142,736 | 18,767,042 | NA | |
| 1991 | 101,074,266 | 4,262,288 | 6,654,781 | 7,988,920 | 119,980,255 | 101,446,326 | 1,203,255,997 | |
| 1992 | 95,990,878 | 6,709,222 | 6,133,937 | 6,269,431 | 115,103,468 | 68,767,975 | 1,184,311,654 | |
| 1993 | 95,287,032 | 5,628,587 | 4,603,623 | 145,613 | 105,664,855 | 74,260,526 | 1,217,105,821 | |
| 1994 | 88,789,209 | 2,270,311 | 4,360,697 | 251 | 95,420,468 | 103,920,836 | 983,199,600 | |
| 1995 | 91,867,818 | 3,589,626 | 7,307,586 | 16 | 102,765,046 | 68,729,673 | 1,664,533,736 | |
| 1996 | 79,131,045 | 3,530,565 | 7,363,091 | 10 | 90,024,711 | 64,741,575 | 764,526,577 | |
| 1997 | 61,726,595 | 4,759,073 | 10,634,721 | 10 | 77,120,399 | 202,623,579 | 784,545,080 | |
| 1998 | 82,657,820 | 5,031,532 | 42,066,103 | 45,005 | 129,800,460 | 106,051,986 | 854,987,520 | |
| 1999 | 81,771,316 | 6,737,096 | 40,527,170 | 109,005 | 129,144,587 | 88,958,535 | 715,067,059 | |
| 2000 | 81,161,793 | 6,858,252 | 47,000,566 | 154,024 | 135,174,634 | 118,987,875 | 2,896,998,951 | |
| 2001 | 74,757,988 | 4,713,394 | 41,777,031 | 92,912 | 121,341,325 | 97,094,428 | 1,326,601,714 | |
| 2002 | 64,022,251 | 5,724,737 | 45,708,356 | 12,009 | 115,467,353 | 83,868,025 | 1,224,587,247 | |
| "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991. | ||||||||
| Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources) | ||||||||
| Year | Air Releases | Water Releases | Land Releases | Underground Injection | Total Environmental Releases | Total Off-Site Transfers | Total Production-Related Waste | |
| 2000 | 902 | 131 | 31.34 | 0 | 1,064 | 5,597 | 4,462 | |
| 2001 | 45.53 | 102 | 84.10 | 0 | 231 | 1,691 | 2,373 | |
| 2002 | 636 | 131 | 65.56 | 0 | 833 | 2,578 | 2,811 | |
