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Table 14.23.1. Reported solvent releases from the printing and publishing industry in
1995 [Data from Ref. 2]
Solvent Amount, kg/year Solvent Amount, kg/year
n-butyl alcohol 43,000 methyl isobutyl ketone 170,000
dichloromethane 59,000 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 31,000
1,4-dioxane 8,000 tetrachloroethylene 34,000
ethylene glycol 46,000 1,1,1-trichloroethane 180,000
ethylbenzene 23,000 trichloroethylene 13,000
hexane 50,000 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 36,000
isopropyl alcohol 27,000 toluene 12,200,000
methanol 170,000 xylene 700,000
methyl ethyl ketone 960,000
Table 14.23.2. Reported solvent transfers from the printing and publishing industry in
1995 [Data from Ref. 2]
Solvent Amount, kg/year Solvent Amount, kg/year
n-butyl alcohol 7,000 methyl isobutyl ketone 63,000
dichloromethane 43,000 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 28,000
1,4-dioxane 340 tetrachloroethylene 27,000
ethylene glycol 16,000 1,1,1-trichloroethane 39,000
ethylbenzene 9,200 trichloroethylene 4,000
hexane 12,000 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 33,000
isopropyl alcohol 12,000 toluene 2,800,000
methanol 17,000 xylene 240,000
methyl ethyl ketone 700,000
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US Environmental Protection Agency, 1995.
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US Environmental Protection Agency, 1998.
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