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Table 1 Industrial sectors.

From: Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models

  

No. towns with installations at x metres

 

Industrial sector

Total No. factories

2000

1500

1000

Population exposed at <2000 m

1

Combustion installations > 50 MW

59

24

13

6

1,034,398

2

Mineral oil and gas refineries

10

3

3

1

9,520

3

Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

68

52

35

22

113,953

4

Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)

55

79

49

27

665,785

5

Basic organic chemicals

37

18

8

3

284,852

6

Basic inorganic chemicals or fertilisers

25

5

3

1

169,963

7

Pharmaceutical products

8

4

2

1

216,590

8

Installations for the disposal or recovery of hazardous waste (>10 t/d) or municipal waste (>3 t/h)

8

4

0

0

62,853

9

Installations for the disposal of nonhazardous waste (>50 t/d) and landfills (>10 t/d)

43

15

4

1

146,811

10

Industrial plants for pulp from timber or other fibrous materials and paper or board production (>20 t/d)

18

13

6

3

725,225

11

Slaughterhouses (>50 t/d), plants for the production of milk (>200 t/d), other animal raw materials (>75 t/d) or vegetable raw materials (>300 t/d)

12

14

9

4

208,227

12

Installations for surface treatment or products using organic solvents (>200 t/y)

12

13

6

2

418,749

  1. Number of towns with installations at distances of 2000, 1500, 1000 and 500 metres from the municipal centroid, by type of industry. Population exposed to emissions from each industrial sector at a distance of 2000 metres.