intel: what are we breathing???

The list of chemicals below comes from a list Intel submitted to the New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) Air Quality Bureau (AQB). Intel has asked to have approval ahead of time to release any or all of these chemicals into the air as long as no individual chemical release adds up to more than five tons per year. The information about the amount of each chemical released into the air comes from Intel. We do not know how these amounts were calculated or measured. Companies are routinely required to only disclose those chemicals which are required by federal or state legislation. This does not mean other hazardous chemicals are not being emitted from their stacks (stack emissions) or by other means of escaping into the air (fugitive emissions).

Though there are health effects data for individual chemicals, it should be noted, there is relatively little research on the effects of multiple exposures. In the same way that when one combines yellow and blue to make green, mixing these chemicals also produce new chemicals that have not been tested for health and reproductive hazards.

After examining the list of chemicals below, please visit our air pollution modeling page. On this page, you will be able to input different variables to see how pollution transport is predicted by the experts. We think that the most interesting part of the model, however, is the number of assumptions that go into the equations. Looking at the unknowns embedded in the chemical data, the lack of understanding of synergy between chemicals, and the unknowns with respect to the cumulative effects of all the different chemical compounds, we can only conclude that air monitors located in the neighborhoods that lie directly in the pollutants plume line should be mandatory. Because of the high levels of uncertainty and assumptions inherent to air modeling, SWOP along with its air pollution experts, are offering a proposal for neighborhood monitoring stations. Instead of telling neighborhoods "this is what may be coming your way", with monitors, the uncertainty--the guessing-- will be removed.

Intel, what are we breathing

Chemical Compound	Amount Released/ Escaped into Air	Recognized/Suspected Health Effects
Acetonitrile	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
Acrylic Acid	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Aniline	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Benzene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, Developmental Toxicant, Reproductive Toxicant; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Endocrine Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Imminotoxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Bromoform	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
1,3-Butadiene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Carbon Tetrachloride	.05 Tons/Year	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant, Neurotoxicant,
Chlorine	2.5 Tons/Year	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Chloroform	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant,
Cresols/Cresylic Acid (isomers and mixture)	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant,
o-Cresol	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
m-Cresol	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
p-Cresol	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
1,4-Dichlorobenzene(p)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
N,N-Diethyl aniline (N,N-Dimethylaniline)	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant
Dimethyl aminoazobenzene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Dimethyl phthalate	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Ethyl chloride (Chloroethane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
Ethylene dichloride (1,2-Dichloroethane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Imminotoxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Ethylene glycol	.015 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Ethylene oxide	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, Reproductive Toxicant, SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Neurotoxicant
Formaldehyde	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Imminotoxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Hexachlorobenzene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, Developmental Toxicant; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Imminotoxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Hexachlorobutadiene	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Hexachloroethane	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Hexane	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Hydrochloric Acid	.75 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Hydrogen Flouride (Hydroflouric acid)	3.5 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Musculoskeletal, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Maleic anhydride	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Imminotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methanol	.9 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl bromide (Bromomethane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Developmental Toxicant, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant , Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl chloride	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl chloroform (1,1,1-Trichloroethane)	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl ethyl ketone (2-Butanone)	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl iodide (Iodomethane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl isobutyl ketone (Hexone)	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl methacryiate	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Immunotoxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methyl tert butyl ether	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Methylene chloride (Dichloromethane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
Naphthalene	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Nitrobenzene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
4-Nitrobiphenyl	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
4-Nitrophenol	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Neurotoxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
N-Nitroso-N-methylurea	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Phenol	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Phosgene	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Phosphine	.08 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Musculoskeletal, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
Phosphorous	0 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Musculoskeletal, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Phthalic anhydride	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Immunotoxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
1,3-Propane suitone	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Propylene dichloride (1,2-Dichloropropane)	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Propylene oxide	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Styrene	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Styrene Oxide	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant
Titanium tetrachloride	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Toluene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Developmental Toxicant; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Immunotoxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Developmental Toxicant, Endocrine Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant,
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen; SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Trichloroethylene	Unknown	RECOGNIZED: Carcinogen, SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Triethylamine	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Immunotoxicant, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
2,2,4-Trimethylpentane	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Vinyl acetate	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Neurotoxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Carcinogen, Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Kidney Toxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
Xylenes (isomers and mixture)	.3 Tons/year	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Immunotoxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant, Respiratory Toxicant, Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant
o-Xylenes	Unknown	SUSPECTED: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant, Developmental Toxicant, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant, Immunotoxicant, Neurotoxicant, Reproductive Toxicant,