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Chromium compounds 6,231
0
43,000,000
5,580,319
46.75%
23.7%
43.5%
29.2%
14.4%
9.3%
Ethylene oxide 16,696
0
11,000,000
5,028,719
42.13%
15.3%
31.4%
41.2%
30.8%
5.6%
Cobalt compounds 1,761
0
17,000,000
800,586
6.71%
18.5%
38.5%
25.5%
10.9%
6.2%
1,3-Butadiene 47,405
0
110,000
133,763
1.12%
25.6%
48.7%
56.7%
21.9%
28.8%
1,2-Dichloroethane 33,015
3,082
93,000
82,349
0.69%
24.6%
43.2%
41.8%
24.7%
14.0%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) 2,535
2,830
3,900,000
59,554
0.50%
8.7%
16.6%
35.5%
27.4%
3.8%
Acrylonitrile 2,146
32
240,000
44,994
0.38%
17.3%
35.4%
38.9%
24.9%
8.3%
Nickel compounds 808
0
930,000
43,621
0.37%
35.7%
62.2%
46.7%
26.9%
12.6%
Diisocyanates
2,109
26,732
350,000
36,094
0.30%
16.7%
33.0%
38.1%
26.1%
7.0%
Benzene 30,137
905
28,000
25,132
0.21%
24.4%
46.7%
58.1%
23.8%
28.5%
Chloroform 12,039
1,300
82,000
22,706
0.19%
15.0%
30.3%
44.3%
34.6%
4.8%
Formaldehyde 11,650
3,057
46,000
13,355
0.11%
15.3%
31.8%
45.3%
29.8%
11.2%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1,250
0
1,600,000
12,537
0.11%
9.1%
17.6%
36.1%
27.8%
4.0%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 1,306
0
50,000
8,751
0.07%
8.9%
26.6%
45.0%
3.7%
34.7%
Propylene oxide 13,566
0
13,000
8,230
0.07%
18.0%
36.1%
37.6%
25.2%
7.4%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 107
301,446
50,000
7,188
0.06%
23.6%
45.0%
69.4%
64.5%
2.7%
Chlorine 14,788
0
23,000
5,348
0.04%
16.7%
34.7%
31.0%
16.5%
10.2%
Nitrobenzene 3,071
710
140,000
4,121
0.03%
15.0%
29.2%
42.4%
32.3%
4.0%
Acrylamide 181
110
360,000
3,491
0.03%
11.4%
26.4%
34.6%
23.4%
6.0%
o-Toluidine 599
17,000
180,000
2,200
0.02%
18.6%
35.8%
57.0%
49.7%
3.7%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 327
0
50,000
2,189
0.02%
8.9%
26.6%
44.9%
3.7%
34.7%
Carbon tetrachloride 3,000
23,000
21,000
1,683
0.01%
16.2%
32.3%
47.8%
38.8%
4.5%
Acrylic acid 13,234
66,000
3,500
1,343
0.01%
15.4%
33.5%
52.3%
10.6%
37.9%
Butyl acrylate 5,225
0
3,500
1,159
0.01%
16.3%
35.2%
52.9%
9.2%
39.8%
Acrolein 290
0
180,000
1,144
0.01%
14.3%
32.0%
57.7%
8.0%
46.3%
Copper compounds 7,523
0
1,500
914
0.01%
23.7%
43.4%
28.6%
14.1%
9.0%
1,4-Dioxane 1,918
16,161
18,000
842
0.01%
15.2%
31.8%
55.3%
50.2%
4.4%
Manganese compounds 344
0
12,000
424
0.00%
39.5%
67.9%
51.3%
29.9%
13.9%
Lead compounds 164
0
23,000
392
0.00%
41.1%
70.3%
53.2%
31.3%
14.3%
Aniline 4,572
15,024
5,700
338
0.00%
12.8%
25.5%
42.4%
33.0%
4.9%
Barium compounds 675
0
7,000
329
0.00%
35.9%
62.3%
46.5%
26.8%
12.7%
Ammonia 3,788,483
0
7
324
0.00%
19.2%
37.2%
48.4%
34.4%
8.8%
Hydrochloric acid 63,054
0
180
286
0.00%
14.5%
30.4%
41.3%
22.8%
12.7%
Sulfuric acid 10,663
0
3,500
282
0.00%
17.0%
36.0%
14.7%
7.3%
3.5%
Naphthalene 351
14,497
12,000
194
0.00%
13.3%
30.8%
37.2%
23.5%
8.9%
Ethylbenzene 23,688
41,813
890
159
0.00%
22.8%
45.8%
46.1%
23.0%
15.8%
Molybdenum trioxide 108
0
15,000
132
0.00%
22.2%
41.2%
26.8%
12.8%
8.7%
Nitric acid 35,020
0
270
126
0.00%
20.6%
41.3%
28.8%
13.4%
10.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 13,552
5
58
121
0.00%
13.0%
32.8%
63.1%
13.3%
39.9%
Chloromethane 4,114
0
640
114
0.00%
10.8%
24.4%
48.4%
26.6%
18.1%
p-Chloroaniline 6
54
110,000
90
0.00%
14.7%
32.6%
44.5%
23.9%
16.9%
Glycol Ethers
16,933
0
180
77
0.00%
15.4%
34.1%
47.2%
41.3%
4.3%
Biphenyl 1,839
36,621
800
59
0.00%
13.7%
29.9%
47.9%
14.2%
28.9%
Vinyl chloride 181
0
31,000
32
0.00%
14.8%
31.7%
10.5%
4.6%
2.3%
Maleic anhydride 280
0
5,000
30
0.00%
14.0%
31.7%
57.0%
8.1%
45.5%
Triethylamine 5,690
0
500
29
0.00%
17.4%
34.3%
32.5%
22.3%
5.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 125,926
41,571
35
26
0.00%
21.2%
40.9%
48.6%
26.9%
12.9%
Isobutyraldehyde 2,540
5,300
100
21
0.00%
19.8%
43.3%
75.8%
13.8%
58.1%
Diethanolamine 130
0
1,200
14
0.00%
10.5%
28.2%
38.6%
24.3%
10.2%
Ethylene glycol 14,418
53,627
9
9
0.00%
11.3%
28.7%
37.8%
23.8%
9.5%
Acetaldehyde 50
0
7,900
9
0.00%
15.4%
36.5%
28.4%
19.2%
5.1%
n-Hexane 84,451
840,137
5
8
0.00%
25.9%
48.7%
62.7%
19.8%
37.5%
Phosgene 28
0
12,000
8
0.00%
13.9%
27.9%
42.8%
33.4%
4.6%
Methyl acrylate 11,830
0
180
6
0.00%
27.1%
48.1%
46.2%
29.5%
0.5%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 6,349
41,475
18
6
0.00%
9.8%
22.8%
47.4%
23.5%
19.9%
Ethyl acrylate 493
0
73
5
0.00%
18.8%
37.9%
31.2%
17.8%
8.5%
Hydrogen cyanide 33
0
4,400
5
0.00%
19.3%
40.6%
42.0%
34.5%
3.5%
Propylene (Propene) 119,408
0
1
4
0.00%
25.0%
48.1%
62.4%
21.5%
35.1%
Vanadium compounds 252
0
140
4
0.00%
41.7%
71.0%
54.0%
31.8%
14.5%
Zinc compounds 364
0
100
3
0.00%
39.9%
68.5%
53.0%
30.5%
15.1%
Epichlorohydrin 15
0
4,300
3
0.00%
28.9%
50.8%
71.8%
63.6%
4.7%
Ethylene 177,661
0
1
3
0.00%
25.5%
48.4%
59.2%
24.0%
29.2%
Styrene 9,532
21,524
4
3
0.00%
18.9%
39.2%
30.4%
14.5%
11.4%
o-Xylene 12,743
205
35
3
0.00%
15.0%
32.6%
10.6%
4.8%
2.3%
Hydrogen fluoride 870
0
250
2
0.00%
26.1%
45.5%
77.2%
2.6%
72.7%
Propargyl alcohol 175
0
500
2
0.00%
12.1%
24.0%
40.4%
31.3%
4.4%
n-Butyl alcohol 5,818
783,940
10
2
0.00%
15.3%
33.1%
47.2%
24.9%
17.9%
Methyl methacrylate 2,504
0
5
2
0.00%
19.9%
40.9%
29.0%
14.9%
9.6%
Toluene 57,762
1,406,383
1
2
0.00%
20.3%
40.7%
59.5%
35.1%
18.7%
Methanol 296,075
235,250
0
2
0.00%
16.4%
33.8%
43.8%
26.5%
11.9%
Chlorobenzene 19,910
56,600
4
2
0.00%
13.9%
27.9%
42.8%
33.4%
4.7%
tert-Butyl alcohol 22,588
2,140
10
1
0.00%
18.4%
38.3%
32.8%
20.6%
3.5%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide) 329
0
700
1
0.00%
14.8%
31.9%
10.5%
4.6%
2.3%
Vinyl acetate 1,521
0
18
1
0.00%
12.0%
28.5%
14.1%
8.1%
2.1%
Lead 0
0
23,000
1
0.00%
13.0%
28.2%
24.7%
15.9%
3.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 905
961
120
1
0.00%
15.0%
32.3%
10.6%
4.8%
2.3%
Bromine 39
0
2,100
0
0.00%
14.8%
31.8%
10.5%
4.6%
2.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
0
0.00%
15.1%
33.1%
10.9%
4.8%
2.5%
Cyclohexane 31,099
5
1
0
0.00%
15.1%
33.4%
58.3%
8.8%
45.7%
Cyanide compounds
10
0
4,400
0
0.00%
14.9%
32.4%
10.5%
4.7%
2.3%
Formic acid 20,485
522
1
0
0.00%
14.0%
28.8%
41.3%
30.8%
5.8%
Phenol 1,406
33
18
0
0.00%
22.2%
44.7%
58.1%
2.5%
53.4%
Cumene 510
0
9
0
0.00%
14.9%
48.5%
6.7%
2.8%
1.3%
Phthalic anhydride 34
0
180
0
0.00%
13.7%
31.0%
56.1%
8.2%
44.6%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 250
0
20
0
0.00%
13.4%
43.4%
6.4%
2.5%
1.4%
Acetonitrile 90
2,092
58
0
0.00%
14.8%
31.9%
10.5%
4.6%
2.3%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 3,984
1,176
1
0
0.00%
14.5%
33.4%
10.1%
4.5%
2.2%
1-[2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl-1H-1,2,4,-triazole
0
3,850
10
0
0.00%
10.6%
27.9%
34.4%
20.7%
8.7%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 4
87,002
330
0
0.00%
15.1%
31.6%
52.8%
29.3%
19.5%
2-Methoxyethanol 5
0
180
0
0.00%
16.3%
33.4%
55.5%
50.2%
3.9%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 9,100
0
0
0
0.00%
12.6%
25.0%
41.0%
31.9%
4.5%
N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine 322
77,631
10
0
0.00%
14.8%
31.7%
10.6%
4.7%
2.3%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 1,361
0
0
0
0.00%
13.1%
26.2%
42.6%
33.6%
4.5%
Sodium dicamba
195
0
2
0
0.00%
15.0%
31.5%
52.9%
29.3%
19.6%
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid 94
0
2
0
0.00%
15.0%
31.5%
52.8%
29.3%
19.6%
Ozone 6
0
19
0
0.00%
15.0%
30.3%
44.3%
34.6%
4.8%
sec-Butyl alcohol 158
0
0
0
0.00%
22.8%
43.2%
42.0%
26.5%
9.5%
2-Ethoxyethanol 2
0
18
0
0.00%
15.8%
32.6%
55.6%
50.4%
4.1%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
23
0
1
0
0.00%
10.5%
25.5%
39.2%
25.2%
5.9%
Dimethyl sulfate 10
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexanol 4,500
700
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Butyraldehyde 3,910
25,000
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine 829
27,000
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate 900
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Lithium carbonate 134
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 6,437
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
46
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Sodium nitrite 0
536
10
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)
853
228,956
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Chlorophenols
0
3,777,179
120,000
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol
134
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
0
293
390,000
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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