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Table 2 Pollutants released by PRTR-registered industries, amounts in tonnes (Tn) and number of industrial sources reporting these releases (Spain 2007)

From: Colorectal cancer mortality and industrial pollution in Spain

Pollutant

CAS numbera

IARC Groupb

Tn.

No. of ind. facilities

1,1,1-trichloroethane

71-55-6

3

0.99

62

1,2,3,4,5,6- hexachlorocyclohexane(HCH)

608-73-1

2B

0.05

4

1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride-EDC)

107-06-2

2B

2.63

46

Ammonia (NH3)

7664-41-7

 

34099.48

2204

Antimony and compounds (expressed as Sb)

  

75.07

128

Anthracene

120-12-7

3

0.25

32

Arsenic and compounds (expressed as As)

7440-38-2

1

8.12

763

Benzene

71-43-2

1

228.97

581

Cadmium and compounds (expressed as Cd)

7440-43-9

1

4.00

814

Total organic carbon (TOC) (expressed as total C)

  

8376.12

83

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)

74-90-8

 

23.21

64

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

  

0.22

2

Chlorine and inorganic compounds (expressed as HCl)

  

4132.04

545

Vinyl chloride

75-01-4

1

62.83

7

Cobalt and compounds (expressed as Co)

7440-48-4

2A

85.87

134

Copper and compounds (expressed as Cu)

7440-50-8

 

31.63

756

Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC)

  

91368.47

1412

Chromium and compounds (expressed as Cr)

1c

21.17

866

 

Dichloromethane (DCM)

75-09-2

2B

481.33

36

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

124-38-9

 

180383930.96

2048

Fluorine and inorganic compounds (expressed as HF)

  

3960.55

424

Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)

117-81-7

3

0.37

10

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)

118-74-1

2B

0.44

12

Total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PRTR (PRTR total PAHs)

  

20.64

508

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)

  

3.97

16

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

  

107.98

34

Manganesium and compounds (expressed as Mn)

7439-96-5

 

46.42

140

Mercury and compounds (expressed as Hg)

7439-97-6

3

4.91

855

Methane (CH4)

74-82-8

 

227734.73

2432

Carbon monoxide (CO)

630-08-0

 

443024.58

1943

Naphthalene

91-20-3

2B

3.95

44

Nickel and compounds (expressed as Ni)

7440-02-0

1

78.51

857

Ethylene oxide

75-21-8

1

14.96

4

Nitrous oxide (N2O)

10024-97-2

 

6958.52

2214

Sulphur oxides (SOx/SO2)

 

3

988631.45

1623

Nitrogen oxides (NOx/NO2)

  

547652.67

2169

Particulate matter (PM10)

  

39812.78

1427

Total suspended particles (TSP)

  

18151.73

357

PCDD + PCDF (dioxins + furans) (expressed as Teq)

 

1

0.001

441

Pentachlorophenol (PCP)

87-86-5

2B

0.06

3

Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)

  

21.91

5

Lead and compounds (expressed as Pb)

7439-92-1

2A

64.54

805

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

1336-36-3

2B

0.03

18

Talium and compounds (expressed as Tl)

7440-28-0

 

0.26

18

Tetrachloroethylene (PER)

127-18-4

2A

17.51

17

Tetrachloromethane (TCM)

56-23-5

 

0.94

44

Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs) (all isomers)

12002-48-1

 

0.42

4

Trichloroethylene

79-01-6

2A

58.64

42

Trichloromethane

67-66-3

 

13.17

18

Vanadium and compounds (expressed as V)

7440-62-2

 

453.64

70

Zinc and compounds (expressed as Zn)

7440-66-6

 

261.05

764

  1. a When the pollutant is a group of substances, the CAS is not specified.
  2. b IARC carcinogen classification: Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans); Group 2A (probably carcinogenic to humans); Group 2B (possibly carcinogenic to humans); Group 3 (not classifiable in terms of carcinogenicity to humans).
  3. c Hexavalent chromium is Group 1, the remainder are Group 3.