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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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