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Emissions to air of PAHs, heavy metals and dioxins, by source. kg. Dioxins in g¹²
	1990	1995	2000	2005	2013	2014	2015
¹Does not include international sea and air traffic.
²PAHs: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAH-4, total	19 887	15 109	14 827	17 259	6 667	6 292	6 353
Aluminium - process emissions	14 181	9 469	9 113	12 890	3 381	3 034	3 008
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use	2 703	2 838	2 949	2 332	1 383	1 210	1 120
Road traffic - combustion	796	800	674	856	1 167	1 200	1 228
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear	161	167	187	214	253	251	251
Other sources	2 047	1 835	1 904	968	482	597	745

Lead, total	188 266	24 853	10 124	8 682	5 701	5 887	7 244
Metal industry -process emissions	4 681	4 772	4 046	3 685	1 381	1 087	1 638
Aviation	2 311	1 537	1 767	1 585	800	1 133	2 094
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear	1 106	1 162	1 289	1 478	1 712	1 697	1 693
Road traffic - combustion	167 970	12 118	157	198	267	274	281
Manufacturing and mining - stationary combustion	682	877	699	590	777	836	834
Other sources	11 517	4 386	2 165	1 147	765	860	705

Mercury, total	1 426	773	654	577	318	268	242
Manufacturing and mining - stationary combustion	86	86	70	78	36	30	31
Road traffic - combustion	16	16	16	16	13	13	13
Energy supply, included waste incineration	98	48	37	13	19	17	15
Use of products	284	75	38	50	19	18	12
Metal industry -process emissions	615	283	265	176	53	42	41
Other sources	327	265	229	244	178	149	130

Kadmium, total	1 503	1 223	924	703	479	417	467
Wood processing - stationary combustion	121	138	121	123	54	20	21
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use	106	109	119	133	109	94	100
Metal industry -process emissions	546	470	267	177	54	41	70
Other sources	731	507	417	271	261	263	276

Copper, total	23 986	22 864	23 725	25 861	28 548	28 480	28 100
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear	9 658	10 127	11 239	12 885	14 982	14 852	14 813
Road traffic - combustion	4 134	4 375	4 517	5 166	5 607	5 682	5 729
Use of products - wires for electric trains	904	940	990	990	990	990	990
Metal industry -process emissions	5 966	3 805	3 683	3 228	3 082	2 972	2 628
Manufacturing and mining - stationary combustion	1 161	1 538	1 355	1 445	1 600	1 600	1 623
Other sources	2 164	2 079	1 942	2 148	2 287	2 385	2 316

Chromium, total	11 262	11 355	8 751	3 101	2 995	3 220	3 092
Metal industry -process emissions	8 493	8 397	6 229	377	320	333	246
Chemical industries - process emissions	474	526	315	142	36	57	26
Manufacturing and mining - stationary combustion	1 213	1 662	1 423	1 443	1 706	1 825	1 837
Road traffic - tyre and brake wear	42	48	51	59	58	58	57
Road traffic - combustion	122	129	133	152	165	168	169
Other sources	919	593	600	928	709	780	757

Arsenic, total	3 446	3 289	2 891	1 926	1 362	1 237	1 557
Manufacturing and mining - stationary combustion	418	438	350	350	204	151	155
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use	193	190	203	221	179	154	164
Chemical industries - process emissions	666	704	751	21	7	4	1
Metal industry -process emissions	1 707	1 611	1 238	942	533	511	820
Other sources	462	345	349	392	438	417	417

Dioxins, total	120	64	30	21	21	17	17
Mining, except coal mines - process emissions	51	37	.	.	.	.	.
Energy supply, included waste incineration	13	3	2	1	1	1	1
Combustion in households, mainly fuelwood use	6	6	7	8	6	5	6
Metal industry -process emissions	33	7	7	3	4	2	3
Other sources	17	10	14	10	10	9	8

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