3: Percentage increase in toxic releases in U.S. from 2004 to 2005
5: Percentage increase in air and water emissions
2: Percentage increase in buried toxins
6: Percentage increase in lead
9: Percentage increase in carcinogens (including a 54-percent increase in arsenic)
10: Percentage increase from federal facilities
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005 Toxics Release Inventory
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