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Lead
- Pb
Source
: CITEPA / CORALIE SECTEN format - last revision 28 February
2008
Survey
period : since 1990
| Emissions |
Variations |
| Emissions in 2006 : 128 t |
Variation 2006 / 1990 : -97 % |
| Maximum observed : 4 272 t in 1990 |
Variation 2006 / maximum : -97 % |
| Minimum observed : 128 t in 2006 |
Variation 2006 / minimum : 0 % |
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emitters in 2006 (top 5 of total emissions) : |
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1 - Iron and steel industry 39 % |
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- Electric furnace steel plant 10 % |
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- Sinter and palletizing plants 17 % |
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- Grey iron foundries 0.2 % |
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- Basic oxygen furnace steel plant 0.4 % |
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- Non-metallic mineral, construction materials 21 %
3 - Residential 14 %
4 - French aviation traffic 13 %
5 - Other energy conversion sectors 3.8 % |
Comments
Lead emissions in mainland France fell sharply since 1990 from 4 272 t in 1990 to 128 t in 2006 (-97% during the period).
The main sources depend on the year considered :
- from 1990 to 1999, road transport was the major source of lead emissions : a bit more than 92% of total emissions in mainland France in 1990 besides 67% in 1999,
- from 1999, road transport emissions contributed to a very low level (3% in 2000 because of residual emissions still remaining coming from traces in the gasoline installation during the transfer between lead and unleaded gasoline) until no contribution at all. Since then, the main source of emission is the manufacturing industry with 66% of total emissions in 2006, due to iron and steel industry and non-metallic mineral, construction materials. The other sectors have a very low impact in the emissions.
The sharp fall observed between 1990 and 2006 is due, in one hand, to the use of unleaded gasoline and the banning of lead in gasoline from the 1st January 2000 , combined with the fitting of catalytic converters, and in the other hand, to the closing down of an important non-ferrous smelting factory in 2003.
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