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p28930

M$1 May 28, 2009 03:10 AM

EPA 17 chemicals -- where are they listed?

Apparently there are a list of chemicals that the EPA considers hazardous called the "EPA 17 chemicals". I am not sure if it's 17 chemicals or not. I have found it mentioned in various places, but no list, even on the EPA website. Maybe there is another more official name for this list?

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yagelski

May 28, 2009 03:39 AM

The 17 chemicals were identified as part of the EPA's 33/50 Program. This program targeted 17 priority chemicals and set as its goal a 33% reduction in
releases and transfers of these chemicals by 1992 and a 50% reduction by 1995, measured against a 1988 baseline.

The program was finished long-ago, and the EPA only discusses it in a historical sense. You can cite the EPA program directly (including their own publication of the 17 chemicals) in their March 1999 Final Report...
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/3350/3350-fnl.pdf

The list of 17 chemicals includes:
Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromethane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Source(s):
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/3350/3350-fnl.pdf

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pmacdon1

May 28, 2009 03:27 AM

I found the list on some non-government sites, they call it the, "EPA Toxic Chemicals List."

Its kinda scary because I work with a lot of these on a daily basis, lol.

1. Benzene
2. Cadmium (and compounds)
3. Carbon Tetrachloride
4. Chloroform
5. Chromium (and compounds)
6. Cyanides
7. Dichloromethane or Methylene Dichloride
8. Lead (and compounds)
9. Mercury (and compounds)
10. Methyl Ethyl Ketone
11. Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
12. Nickel (and compounds)
13. Tetrachloroethylene or Perchloroethylene
14. Toluene
15. Trichloroethane
16. Trichloroethylene
17. Xylene
Source(s):
http://www.dowcorning.co.kr/ko_KR/content/publishedlit/63-1003-01.pdf
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n7_v139/ai_10381410/

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