Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program

2013 TRI National Analysis: Chemicals of Special Concern - Air Releases of Carcinogens

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Section 6: Chemicals of Special Concern

Air Releases of Carcinogens

Among the chemicals that are reported to TRI, there are about 180 known or suspected carcinogens, which EPA refers to as OSHA carcinogens. This figure shows that the air releases of these carcinogens decreased by 48% between 2003 and 2013. The long-term decreases in air releases of OSHA carcinogens were driven mainly by decreases in styrene air releases from the plastics and rubber and transportation equipment industries.

This page was published in January 2015 and uses the 2013 TRI National Analysis dataset made public in TRI Explorer in October 2014.