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POLLUTION LOCATOR | Toxic Chemical Releases |Pollution Releases Ranked by Cancer Risk Score
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From 1988 to 2002, total cancer risk scores have decreased 75%.
List top 100 facilities
releasing cancer hazards in the United States. |
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Chemical Name |
Cancer Risk Scores
Pounds of benzene-equivalents |
| ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS) | 3,300,000,000 |
| CADMIUM COMPOUNDS | 460,000,000 |
| CARBON TETRACHLORIDE | 120,000,000 |
| CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS | 74,000,000 |
| ARSENIC | 43,000,000 |
| CHROMIUM | 37,000,000 |
| LEAD COMPOUNDS | 33,000,000 |
| CADMIUM | 15,000,000 |
| 1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE | 12,000,000 |
| METHYL IODIDE | 8,300,000 |
| LEAD | 7,900,000 |
| BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS | 7,200,000 |
| BENZENE | 6,000,000 |
| ETHYLENE OXIDE | 4,300,000 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | 3,900,000 |
| NICKEL COMPOUNDS | 2,600,000 |
| ACRYLONITRILE | 2,600,000 |
| TETRACHLOROETHYLENE | 2,300,000 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | 2,200,000 |
| CHLOROFORM | 2,000,000 |
| BERYLLIUM | 1,700,000 |
| ACRYLAMIDE | 1,600,000 |
| DIMETHYL SULFATE | 1,500,000 |
| VINYL CHLORIDE | 1,300,000 |
| ALDRIN | 1,200,000 |
| 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE | 1,200,000 |
| CHLOROMETHANE | 1,100,000 |
| NICKEL | 1,100,000 |
| 1,3-BUTADIENE | 1,000,000 |
| NITROGLYCERIN | 810,000 |
| 1,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE | 600,000 |
| 2-NITROPROPANE | 440,000 |
| TRICHLOROETHYLENE | 400,000 |
| BENZIDINE | 360,000 |
| 4,4'-METHYLENEDIANILINE | 260,000 |
| HEXACHLOROETHANE | 240,000 |
| ATRAZINE | 240,000 |
| CHLORDANE | 240,000 |
| BENZOIC TRICHLORIDE | 230,000 |
| FORMALDEHYDE | 200,000 |
| EPICHLOROHYDRIN | 180,000 |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 130,000 |
| QUINTOZENE | 120,000 |
| 1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE | 110,000 |
| 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE | 89,000 |
| 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE | 86,000 |
| 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE | 79,000 |
| PROPYLENE OXIDE | 78,000 |
| 2,4-DIAMINOTOLUENE | 77,000 |
| BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE | 76,000 |
| 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE | 71,000 |
| QUINOLINE | 61,000 |
| HYDRAZINE | 45,000 |
| DIETHYL SULFATE | 27,000 |
| 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE | 23,000 |
| HEXACHLORO-1,3-BUTADIENE | 23,000 |
| CHLOROMETHYL METHYL ETHER | 16,000 |
| HYDROQUINONE | 15,000 |
| 1,4-DIOXANE | 15,000 |
| METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER | 14,000 |
| DICHLOROBENZENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 11,000 |
| DICHLOROBROMOMETHANE | 11,000 |
| TRIALLATE | 10,000 |
| SIMAZINE | 9,400 |
| HEPTACHLOR | 9,100 |
| ETHYL ACRYLATE | 8,800 |
| BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) ETHER | 8,200 |
| BENZYL CHLORIDE | 8,000 |
| 1,1,1,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE | 7,900 |
| 1,1-DIMETHYL HYDRAZINE | 7,800 |
| PENTACHLOROPHENOL | 7,800 |
| CHLOROETHANE | 5,300 |
| THIOUREA | 3,600 |
| 1,2,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE | 3,500 |
| CAMPHECHLOR | 3,200 |
| TRIFLURALIN | 3,100 |
| 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 2,900 |
| 2,4-D | 2,200 |
| ANILINE | 1,700 |
| CATECHOL | 1,500 |
| BIFENTHRIN | 1,500 |
| 2,6-DINITROTOLUENE | 1,200 |
| O-TOLUIDINE | 1,200 |
| ALLYL CHLORIDE | 960 |
| 2,4-DINITROTOLUENE | 900 |
| DIURON | 850 |
| 1,3-DICHLOROBENZENE | 820 |
| PERMETHRIN | 780 |
| DICOFOL | 650 |
| GAMMA-LINDANE | 610 |
| TRIBROMOMETHANE | 530 |
| METHYL HYDRAZINE | 500 |
| BIS(2-CHLORO-1-METHYLETHYL) ETHER | 470 |
| TRANS-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE | 450 |
| ACEPHATE | 370 |
| ACETAMIDE | 360 |
| DICHLORVOS | 270 |
| CYANAZINE | 190 |
| P-CHLOROANILINE | 190 |
| ETHYLENE THIOUREA | 140 |
| LINURON | 140 |
| 3,3'-DICHLOROBENZIDINE | 140 |
| MALATHION | 110 |
| O-ANISIDINE | 95 |
| CHLOROTHALONIL | 92 |
| 2,4,6-TRICHLOROPHENOL | 85 |
| SAFROLE | 75 |
| BROMOXYNIL | 23 |
| ETHOPROP | 21 |
| S,S,S-TRIBUTYLTRITHIOPHOSPHATE | 17 |
| 1,2-DIPHENYLHYDRAZINE | 17 |
| CAPTAN | 8 |
| PRONAMIDE | 6 |
| STYRENE OXIDE | 3 |
| CARBARYL | 1 |
| FOLPET | 1 |
| PROPOXUR | 1 |
| N-NITROSODIPHENYLAMINE | 0 |
| 2-PHENYLPHENOL | 0 |
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Note:
These rankings do not cover all chemical releases reported to TRI - they only include chemicals that possess risk scores. As a result of data gaps or modeling problems, not all TRI chemicals possess the information required to weight their mass release by toxicity and exposure potential. Dioxin compounds, for example, are not included in these rankings. TRI chemicals that lack risk scores should not be assumed to be safe.
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