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Page last updated : 15/05/2008

Arsenic - As

Source : CITEPA / CORALIE SECTEN format - last revision 28 February 2008

Survey period : since 1990

Emissions Variations
Emissions in 2006 : 10.5 t Variation 2006 / 1990 : -36 %
Maximum observed : 19.3 t in 1991 Variation 2006 / maximum : -46 %
Minimum observed : 10.5 t in 2006 Variation 2006 / minimum : 0 %

Main emitters in 2006 (top 5 of total emissions) :
  1 - Non-metallic mineral, construction materials 33 %
including :
  
    - Glass 30 %
- Cement 0.4 %
  2 - Residential 18 %
3 - Iron and steel industry 15 %
4 - Non-ferrous metal smelting 9.4 %
5 - Electricity production 7.6 %

Comments

Arsenic emissions represented 10.5 t in 2006 in mainland France besides 16.3 t in 1990, a decrease of around 36% during this period.

Arsenic emissions are caused by, in one hand, traces of this metal found in solid mineral fuels and heavy fuel oil and, in the other hand, its occurrence in some raw materials used in industrial processes, such as glass, non-ferrous and iron and steel manufacturing.

The main source of arsenic emissions is the manufacturing industry : about 67% of total emissions in 2006 in mainland France , nearly half of it coming from non-metallic mineral and construction materials sub-sector.

Each residential/tertiary and energy conversion sectors represented respectively 19% and 14% of arsenic emissions in 2006 (mainland France ).

The other sectors (agriculture/forestry, road transport, all transports except road and LULUCF (UTCF in French) did not contribute at all.


 

  
 
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