EPA: Toxic chemical releases rise 16% in 2010

EPA: Toxic chemical releases rise 16% in 2010
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2012/01/epa-toxic-chemical-releases-jump-16-in-2010/1  

"Reversing a downward trend, the amount of toxic chemicals released into the nation's environment in 2010 was 16% higher than the year before, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports.

Tied largely to changes in metal mining, 3.93 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the environment in 2010, according to the EPA's annual Toxics Release Inventory."