The following data comes from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) releases. HF is a dominant source for fluoride entering the U.S. environment according to TRI. These releases pollute our bodies, air, water, soil, and wildlife. It’s important to emphasize, especially at the community level, that not all industries or sources that release fluoride into the environment are included in the TRI.

See  TOP 100 FACILITIES FOR HYDROGEN FLUORIDE RELEASES BY YEAR:

1995 – 1996 – 1997 – 1998 – 1999 – 2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2003 – 2004 – 2005 – 2006 – 2007 – 2008 – 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2014 – 2015

About the Table below:

• Pounds released: These are the On- and Off-site releases as reported by TRI. This amount does not include quantities of the toxic chemical that were the result of a catastrophic event, remedial action or other, one-time event not associated with production. It also does not include the wastes generated and disposed off-site to incineration and other methods of disposal (and exposure).
• Note: The quantities listed below change as TRI frequently updates its data. However, the changes are generally not significant.
• Note also that the early years of TRI record-keeping underestimated the release of fluorides into the environment leaving those regulators interested in protecting the public unequipped to do their job.

Top Four Polluters for Hydrogen Fluoride, 1995 – 2014

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