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Toxic Chemicals
TABLE 3.4 (continued)
TRI Releases in 2007 (United States) (Pounds)
Chemical
Land
Water
Air
Totals
Biphenyl
4,414,473
23,944
362,286
4,800,703
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
756,438
2,226,079
1,730,576
4,713,092
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)
4,624,919
9,817
51,624
4,686,360
Acrylic acid
91,498
4,249,341
284,170
4,625,008
Trichloroethylene
71,948
54,944
4,358,309
4,485,202
Sodium nitrite
771,787
3,452,157
96,297
4,320,241
Arsenic
3,093,087
107,946
953
3,201,986
Cadmium compounds
2,330,300
632,113
9,467
2,971,879
Naphthalene
1,081,717
175,223
1,593,938
2,850,878
Selenium compounds
1,556,457
719,586
567,189
2,843,232
Methyl methacrylate
103,072
251,992
2,378,307
2,733,371
Cyclohexanol
258
2,469,045
147,231
2,616,534
N,N-Dimethylformamide
1,758,916
371,583
301,408
2,431,907
Hydrogen cyanide
814
1,269,170
1,039,877
2,309,862
Tetrachloroethylene
346,298
121,577
1,769,989
2,237,864
Vanadium
1,987,403
48,723
81,043
2,117,170
Vinyl acetate
27,410
67,019
2,013,725
2,108,154
Polychlorinated biphenyls
2,090,003
178
189
2,090,371
Chloromethane
449
238,268
1,776,100
2,014,817
Creosote
1,604,695
2,152
343,795
1,950,641
Thallium compounds
862,748
1,031,134
5,112
1,898,994
1,3-Butadiene
4,511
1,061
1,782,512
1,788,084
Triethylamine
37,415
1,278,738
428,432
1,744,585
Acrolein
—
1,533,883
162,993
1,696,876
Diethanolamine
883,679
495,808
184,103
1,563,591
Diisocyanates
1,283,713
40
188,700
1,472,453
Selenium
1,413,581
1,746
28,385
1,443,711
Molybdenum trioxide
1,017,199
289,174
111,336
1,417,709
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
907,994
16,028
441,362
1,365,384
Antimony
1,298,716
6,704
7,269
1,312,688
P-Xylene
6,182
41
1,305,316
1,311,540
Cresol (mixed isomers)
13,743
474,403
752,142
1,240,288
4,4′-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,001,447
7,546
122,920
1,131,912
Di(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate
965,435
9,198
151,937
1,126,569
Cumene
44,069
6,137
1,056,549
1,106,755
Acetamide
259
1,095,619
1,616
1,097,494
Cadmium
815,821
118,488
1,202
935,512
Aniline
5,053
778,970
136,583
920,606
Cobalt
812,185
22,056
41,051
875,292
Beryllium compounds
557,285
290,581
5,027
852,894
Nicotine and salts
519,725
552
323,792
844,069
tert-Butyl alcohol
43,907
380,375
364,918
789,200
sec-Butyl alcohol
6,953
70,270
700,628
777,850
Toxic Chemicals
TABLE 3.4 (continued)
TRI Releases in 2007 (United States) (Pounds)
Chemical
Land
Water
Air
Totals
Biphenyl
4,414,473
23,944
362,286
4,800,703
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
756,438
2,226,079
1,730,576
4,713,092
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)
4,624,919
9,817
51,624
4,686,360
Acrylic acid
91,498
4,249,341
284,170
4,625,008
Trichloroethylene
71,948
54,944
4,358,309
4,485,202
Sodium nitrite
771,787
3,452,157
96,297
4,320,241
Arsenic
3,093,087
107,946
953
3,201,986
Cadmium compounds
2,330,300
632,113
9,467
2,971,879
Naphthalene
1,081,717
175,223
1,593,938
2,850,878
Selenium compounds
1,556,457
719,586
567,189
2,843,232
Methyl methacrylate
103,072
251,992
2,378,307
2,733,371
Cyclohexanol
258
2,469,045
147,231
2,616,534
N,N-Dimethylformamide
1,758,916
371,583
301,408
2,431,907
Hydrogen cyanide
814
1,269,170
1,039,877
2,309,862
Tetrachloroethylene
346,298
121,577
1,769,989
2,237,864
Vanadium
1,987,403
48,723
81,043
2,117,170
Vinyl acetate
27,410
67,019
2,013,725
2,108,154
Polychlorinated biphenyls
2,090,003
178
189
2,090,371
Chloromethane
449
238,268
1,776,100
2,014,817
Creosote
1,604,695
2,152
343,795
1,950,641
Thallium compounds
862,748
1,031,134
5,112
1,898,994
1,3-Butadiene
4,511
1,061
1,782,512
1,788,084
Triethylamine
37,415
1,278,738
428,432
1,744,585
Acrolein
—
1,533,883
162,993
1,696,876
Diethanolamine
883,679
495,808
184,103
1,563,591
Diisocyanates
1,283,713
40
188,700
1,472,453
Selenium
1,413,581
1,746
28,385
1,443,711
Molybdenum trioxide
1,017,199
289,174
111,336
1,417,709
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
907,994
16,028
441,362
1,365,384
Antimony
1,298,716
6,704
7,269
1,312,688
P-Xylene
6,182
41
1,305,316
1,311,540
Cresol (mixed isomers)
13,743
474,403
752,142
1,240,288
4,4′-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,001,447
7,546
122,920
1,131,912
Di(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate
965,435
9,198
151,937
1,126,569
Cumene
44,069
6,137
1,056,549
1,106,755
Acetamide
259
1,095,619
1,616
1,097,494
Cadmium
815,821
118,488
1,202
935,512
Aniline
5,053
778,970
136,583
920,606
Cobalt
812,185
22,056
41,051
875,292
Beryllium compounds
557,285
290,581
5,027
852,894
Nicotine and salts
519,725
552
323,792
844,069
tert-Butyl alcohol
43,907
380,375
364,918
789,200
sec-Butyl alcohol
6,953
70,270
700,628
777,850