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Toxic Releases (TRI) Database

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a database of information about releases and transfers of toxic chemicals from facilities in certain industrial sectors, including manufacturing, waste handling, mining, and electricity generation. Facilities must also report the total amount of toxic chemicals in waste that they produce.

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(Millions of lbs.)

1998: 27,686,088,951 1999: 28,082,564,254 2000: 32,168,170,652 2001: 25,730,244,486 2002: 24,714,062,839 2003: 23,737,565,941 2004: 24,511,888,651 2005: 23,696,794,687 2006: 23,146,697,937 2007: 22,946,880,091 2008: 21,854,364,947 2009: 19,366,523,974 2010: 20,601,322,009 2011: 21,350,297,878

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