Fact Sheet - Air Pollution

• Examples of toxic air pollutants include benzene, which is found in gasoline; perchlorethlyene, which is emitted from some dry cleaning facilities; and methylene chloride, which is used as a solvent and paint stripper by a number of industries. Examples of other listed air toxics include dioxin, asbestos, toluene, and metals such as cadmium, mercury, chromium, and lead compounds.

• Toxic air contaminants cause health effects such as cancer; chronic eye, lung, or skin irritation; and neurological and reproductive disorders.

• Toxics are compounds found in the air such as dioxins and furans emitted from incinerators, metals from plating facilities, and organic gases from chemical processes, painting operations and even woodstoves.

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