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Estimates of emissions of As, Cd, Hg and Pb to the atmosphere from major source categories in the United States Numbers under the columns are emissions in tonnes per year
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Estimates of emissions of As, Cd, Hg and Pb to the atmosphere from major source categories in the United States Numbers under the columns are emissions in tonnes per year
| Sources | Source of data: As and Pb - Voldner, E. and L. Smith, 1989. Production, usage and atmospheric emissions of 14 priority toxic chemicals. Report of the Joint Water Quality Board/ Science Advisory Board/ International Air Quality Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission. Presented at the Workshop on Great Lakes Atmospheric Deposition, October 29-31 1986 Cd - USEPA, 1993a. Locating and estimating air emissions from sources of cadmium and cadmium compounds. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Hg - USEPA, 1993b. Locating and estimating air emissions from sources of mercury and mercury compounds. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. (AAR Figure 7.13) | ||||
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