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POLLUTION LOCATOR | Toxic Chemical Releases |Air Releases of Suspected Carcinogens
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From 1988 to 2002, releases of suspected carcinogens to air have decreased 2%.
List top 100 facilities
releasing suspected carcinogens to air in
the entire United States.
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| Chemical Name |
Air Releases
(Pounds from TRI Sources) |
Regulated as a Hazardous Air Pollutant
by the Clean Air Act
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| STYRENE | 47,299,717 | yes |
| VINYL ACETATE | 3,174,301 | yes |
| METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER | 3,033,275 | yes |
| CHLOROMETHANE | 1,645,175 | yes |
| CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS | 564,203 | yes |
| SELENIUM COMPOUNDS | 504,577 | yes |
| POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS | 444,339 | no |
| CHROMIUM | 284,286 | yes |
| ACROLEIN | 265,716 | yes |
| DIETHANOLAMINE | 220,614 | yes |
| ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS) | 178,541 | yes |
| 1,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE | 130,754 | yes |
| MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE | 128,499 | no |
| MERCURY COMPOUNDS | 123,688 | yes |
| DECABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE | 100,414 | no |
| ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS | 89,779 | yes |
| COBALT COMPOUNDS | 76,827 | yes |
| M-CRESOL | 57,371 | yes |
| NITROGLYCERIN | 55,343 | no |
| P-CRESOL | 46,827 | yes |
| 2-CHLORO-1,1,1-TRIFLUOROETHANE | 36,803 | no |
| ALLYL CHLORIDE | 31,871 | yes |
| 1,2,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE | 31,326 | yes |
| ATRAZINE | 24,279 | no |
| HYDROQUINONE | 12,862 | yes |
| TETRAMETHRIN | 12,600 | no |
| PENDIMETHALIN | 11,086 | no |
| BENZOYL CHLORIDE | 8,372 | no |
| POLYCHLORINATED ALKANES (C10-C13) | 8,071 | no |
| DINITROTOLUENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 8,043 | no |
| DICHLOROBENZENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 7,692 | no |
| TRIFLURALIN | 6,775 | yes |
| 1,2-BUTYLENE OXIDE | 5,858 | yes |
| QUINOLINE | 5,279 | yes |
| 2-MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE | 4,937 | no |
| O-CRESOL | 4,567 | yes |
| CARBARYL | 4,485 | yes |
| 2,4-D | 3,706 | yes |
| 1,1,1,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE | 2,555 | no |
| SIMAZINE | 2,158 | no |
| CROTONALDEHYDE | 1,656 | no |
| SODIUM DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE | 1,652 | no |
| QUINTOZENE | 1,640 | yes |
| CHLOROPHENOLS | 1,230 | no |
| ACEPHATE | 1,055 | no |
| MOLINATE | 1,024 | no |
| OXYFLUORFEN | 1,010 | no |
| DINITROBUTYL PHENOL | 935 | no |
| PERMETHRIN | 760 | no |
| FOMESAFEN | 705 | no |
| TETRACHLORVINPHOS | 655 | no |
| TRIALLATE | 597 | no |
| TRICHLORFON | 505 | no |
| THIABENDAZOLE | 500 | no |
| HEXACHLORO-1,3-BUTADIENE | 467 | yes |
| BIFENTHRIN | 398 | no |
| BENZAL CHLORIDE | 335 | no |
| DIMETHIPIN | 250 | no |
| PARAQUAT | 250 | no |
| DIMETHOATE | 22 | no |
| LINURON | 15 | no |
| TRIBENURON METHYL | 15 | no |
| PROPOXUR | 13 | yes |
| DICOFOL | 8 | no |
| HYDRAMETHYLNON | 7 | no |
| THIOPHANATE-METHYL | 7 | no |
| TRIADIMEFON | 7 | no |
| BROMOXYNIL | 5 | no |
| FLUOMETURON | 5 | no |
| PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE | 1 | no |
| NITRAPYRIN | 1 | no |
| DIALLATE | 1 | no |
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