2007-02-24 03:29:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Your question is hard to answer since each person may think differently on what "highest" pollution means. It could mean more harmful, largest amount, or you may want to know particular states, water bodies, etc. If you just want to know totals released in the USA, go to the reference. Pick year 2004 and uncheck all the boxes but the last one (Total On-and Off-site Disposal or Other Releases). The report generated will be in alpha order, but click on the arrow and you can sort by poundage.
The top ten for 1994 are:
1 ZINC COMPOUNDS 726,323,022
2 HYDROCHLORIC ACID (1995 AND AFTER "ACID AEROSOLS" ONLY) 563,387,464
3 LEAD COMPOUNDS 426,398,152
4 NITRATE COMPOUNDS 276,051,020
5 BARIUM COMPOUNDS 222,586,652
6 METHANOL 201,366,609
7 MANGANESE COMPOUNDS 192,767,027
8 AMMONIA 172,101,775
9 COPPER COMPOUNDS 151,908,510
10 SULFURIC ACID (1994 AND AFTER "ACID AEROSOLS" ONLY) 148,066,848
2007-02-24 10:59:58 · answer #1 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oil Refineries
Paper Mills
Steel Mills
Power Plants
2007-02-24 03:36:02 · answer #2 · answered by Nepetarias 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greenhouse gases extra regularly than not because they capture the ambience from dealing with its organic recycling progression... for this reason, vehicle emissions, means flora and wide commercial factories provide off a ton of wasted textile it really is trapped interior the ambience, all of that are the numerous motives of air pollutants... also, look up carbon gases!
2016-12-04 21:31:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋