Major
Pollutants (1997)
|
 Vanderburgh County Data in Spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel 95 or greater required) |
| What Are the Major Pollutants? | ||||||||
| Reported Environmental Releases from TRI Sources in 1997 | ||||||||
| Rank | Chemical Name | Pounds | ||||||
| 1 | 1,1-DICHLORO-1-FLUOROETHANE | 262,000 | ||||||
| 2 | METHYL ETHYL KETONE | 90,357 | ||||||
| 3 | METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE | 77,863 | ||||||
| 4 | XYLENE (MIXED ISOMERS) | 76,999 | ||||||
| 5 | TOLUENE | 54,711 | ||||||
| 6 | N-BUTYL ALCOHOL | 47,408 | ||||||
| 7 | DICHLOROMETHANE | 46,040 | ||||||
| 8 | GLYCOL ETHERS | 32,915 | ||||||
| 9 | COPPER | 23,000 | ||||||
| 10 | AMMONIA | 13,260 | ||||||
| 11 | TRICHLOROETHYLENE | 13,200 | ||||||
| 12 | 1,2,4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE | 8,164 | ||||||
| 13 | STYRENE | 7,350 | ||||||
| 14 | ETHYLBENZENE | 6,510 | ||||||
| 15 | DECABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE | 1,582 | ||||||
| 16 | ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS | 1,263 | ||||||
| 17 | NICKEL COMPOUNDS | 1,124 | ||||||
| 18 | ZINC COMPOUNDS | 1,084 | ||||||
| 19 | NITRIC ACID | 295 | ||||||
| 20 | PHOSPHORIC ACID | 250 | ||||||
| © 2000 Environmental Defense, New York, NY 10010 | ||||||||
| Benjamin_Smith@environmentaldefense.org | ||||||||
| Web Source: | ||||||||
| http://www.scorecard.org/community/pollution.tcl?fips_county_code=18163&name=VANDERBURGH&zip_code=47712 | ||||||||
