Includes: introduction to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI); revision and adjustment of 1987 TRI data; overview of 1988 toxics release inventory data; TRI chemicals; the geography of toxic releases and transfers; industrial patterns of toxic releases and transfers; the matched data set; changes in TRI releases, 1987-1988: matched chemical data; changes in TRI transfers 1987-1988; changes in TRI transfers 1987-1988; changes in TRI matched data totals 1987-1988: shifts and continuities; interpreting waste decreases: waste minimization; other analyses; TRI form R; TRI chemicals; SIC codes; reference tables; and other sources of information. Dozens of maps and figures.