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POLLUTION LOCATOR | Toxic Chemical Releases |Water Releases of Suspected Carcinogens
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From 1988 to 2002, releases of suspected carcinogens to water have decreased 53%.
List top 100 facilities
releasing suspected carcinogens to water in
the entire United States.
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| Chemical Name |
Water Releases
(Pounds from TRI sources) |
Regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act |
Regulated as a Priority Pollutant
by the Clean Water Act |
| CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS | 183,269 | no | no |
| ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS) | 101,258 | yes | yes |
| METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER | 63,410 | no | no |
| 2-MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE | 52,508 | no | no |
| DIETHANOLAMINE | 43,127 | no | no |
| COBALT COMPOUNDS | 41,943 | no | no |
| ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS | 37,488 | yes | yes |
| SELENIUM COMPOUNDS | 33,508 | yes | yes |
| MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE | 23,067 | no | no |
| CHROMIUM | 12,252 | yes | yes |
| HYDROQUINONE | 10,521 | no | no |
| POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS | 7,069 | no | no |
| STYRENE | 3,535 | yes | no |
| DECABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE | 3,108 | no | no |
| CHLOROMETHANE | 1,662 | no | yes |
| ACROLEIN | 1,500 | no | yes |
| VINYL ACETATE | 1,098 | no | no |
| FOMESAFEN | 1,075 | no | no |
| MERCURY COMPOUNDS | 1,036 | no | no |
| M-CRESOL | 783 | no | no |
| PENDIMETHALIN | 617 | no | no |
| ATRAZINE | 604 | yes | no |
| P-CRESOL | 395 | no | no |
| 1,2-BUTYLENE OXIDE | 313 | no | no |
| POLYCHLORINATED ALKANES (C10-C13) | 254 | no | no |
| O-CRESOL | 190 | no | no |
| DINITROBUTYL PHENOL | 142 | yes | no |
| SIMAZINE | 83 | yes | no |
| MOLINATE | 80 | no | no |
| DINITROTOLUENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 61 | no | no |
| CROTONALDEHYDE | 51 | no | no |
| 1,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE | 38 | yes | yes |
| 1,1,1,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE | 31 | no | no |
| 2-CHLORO-1,1,1-TRIFLUOROETHANE | 29 | no | no |
| CYANAZINE | 28 | no | no |
| CHLOROPHENOLS | 20 | no | no |
| QUINOLINE | 17 | no | no |
| 2,4-D | 13 | yes | no |
| 1,2,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE | 10 | yes | yes |
| HEXACHLORO-1,3-BUTADIENE | 9 | no | yes |
| DICHLOROBENZENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 6 | no | no |
| CARBARYL | 5 | no | no |
| PERMETHRIN | 5 | no | no |
| TETRACHLORVINPHOS | 5 | no | no |
| QUINTOZENE | 5 | no | no |
| LINURON | 5 | no | no |
| DIMETHOATE | 5 | no | no |
| SODIUM DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE | 4 | no | no |
| S,S,S-TRIBUTYLTRITHIOPHOSPHATE | 1 | no | no |
| NITROGLYCERIN | .020 | no | no |
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