Description - Figure 3 - Final Human Health State of the Science Report on Lead

Figure 3. Releases and emissions of lead into the Canadian environment as reported to the National Pollution Release Inventory (NPRI). Stacked bar chart showing the amount of lead (in kg) released into the Canadian environment each year from 2000 to 2009. Each bar is divided by media, air water and land releases. Releases to air: year 2000 amount 594735 kg; year 2001 amount 536416 kg; year 2002 amount 497668 kg; year 2003 amount 402173 kg; year 2004 amount 340670 kg; year 2005 amount 287147 kg; year 2006 amount 309786 kg; year 2007 amount 307832 kg; year 2008 amount 277319 kg; year 2009 amount 259328 kg; releases to water: year 2000 amount 9800 kg; year 2001 amount 8500 kg; year 2002 amount 27134 kg; year 2003 amount 24339 kg; year 2004 amount 20852 kg; year 2005 amount 21269 kg; year 2006 amount 19139 kg; year 2007 amount 14256 kg; year 2008 amount 20945 kg; year 2009 amount 16194 kg; releases to land: year 2000 amount 143000 kg; year 2001 amount 151000 kg; year 2002 amount 284658 kg; year 2003 amount 100255 kg; year 2004 amount 110477 kg; year 2005 amount 115557 kg; year 2006 amount 107482 kg; year 2007 amount 156328 kg; year 2008 amount 122283 kg; year 2009 amount 163916 kg;