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The top 20 Hazardous Substances

This listing is from the Federal Government.  Eight of the twenty substances are found in coal.  They are underlined in the list below.

1.    Arsenic

2.    Lead

3.    Mercury

4.    Vinyl Chloride

5.    Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's)

6.    Benzene

7.    Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

8.    Cadmium

9.    Benzo(A)Pyrene

10.  Benzo(B)Flouranthene

11.  Chloroform

12.  DDT

13.  Aroclor 1254

14.  Aroclor 1280

15.  DiBenzo(A,H)Anthracene

16.  Trichloroethylene

17.  Dieldrin

18.  Chromium (hexavalent) (Chemical of concern in the movie "Erin Brockovich")

19.  Phosphorus (white)

20.  DOE, P.P.