US environmental enforcers say industry reports decline in toxic chemical pollution in 2006

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON: The Environmental Protection Agency says toxic chemical pollution from industry declined by about 2 percent in 2006 despite increases in releases by the mining and petroleum industries.

Companies reported that more than 4 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the air, onto land, into waterways, injected deep into the ground or kept as onsite waste.

About one-third of the chemicals, or 1.4 billion pounds (640 million kilograms), were reported released into the air, a decline of 7 percent from 2005. The figures for 2006 are the latest available.

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