So you want to use
the National Pollutant Inventory to know and compare heavy metal emissions by source?

NPI Heavy Metals Emissions Data Problems

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NPI Web page :“Rank 11 of 90 substances”

ATSDR’s eight top priority hazardous substances

Why the difference in ranking?

List of 10 NPI substances that are perceived to be of higher risk than lead

Comparison of Priority on CERCLA list to RANK
IF ranked by NPI for perceived risk

 Comparison of RANK by NPI for Perceived
Risk, to Priority on CERCLA list

Research for an interview for ABC’s Stateline Queensland

Research for an interview for ABC’s Stateline Queensland [continued]

Question asked of Dept of Environment & Water Resources:

The Answer:

Answer [continued]

The “hidden answer”

The Question was put to Qld EPA

A question for Xstrata

A notion put forward in Xstrata’s 2006 sustainability report

A Question raised to NPI during the Mining Sustainability conference in 2005 to NPI

FIRST PART OF THE ANSWER:

Second part of the answer

Third part of the answer

Third part of the answer [continued]

Third part of the answer [continued]

"Emission Estimation Technique Manual"

"Correct title when you consider..."

Omitted emissions include those from:

EXTRACTS from NPI Emission Estimation Technique Manual for Fugitive Emissions, December 1999

Paint Film Components - National Environmental Health Forum Monograph

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