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Environmental Release Report: BARBOUR County, AL
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in BARBOUR County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Total environmental releases:
    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Noncancer risk score (air and water releases):
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    Air releases of recognized developmental toxicants:
    Air releases of recognized reproductive toxicants:

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    *Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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  • Environmental Justice Analysis for BARBOUR County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:LEAD
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 1
    Suspected Carcinogens 10 10
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 38,275 5
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 30,021
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 8,216 5
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 1
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 30,026 5
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 38,242 10
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 59,846 180
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 19,586 15
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 59,840 175
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 59,851 185
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 59,846 180

    *Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below.
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  • What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm
    • Air Releases
    6 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    218 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
    Water Releases
    5 TRI chems released to water in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    172 TRI chemicals released to water in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
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  • TRI Data Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    1988 86,294 0 750 0 87,044 7,150 NA
    1989 88,686 0 750 0 89,436 6,798 NA
    1990 241,777 5,250 750 0 247,777 27,896 NA
    1991 635,115 8,750 750 0 644,615 29,700 1,074,056
    1992 655,138 8,150 803 0 664,091 32,150 1,211,194
    1993 796,590 6,850 0 0 803,440 27,745 1,301,453
    1994 724,712 6,507 0 0 731,219 38,100 1,047,023
    1995 437,404 0 0 0 437,404 75,413 798,175
    1996 326,711 15 0 0 326,726 63,166 540,109
    1997 366,264 35 27,000 0 393,299 135,628 480,189
    1998 429,425 127 173 0 429,725 83,238 516,071
    1999 93,419 650 209 0 94,278 36,260 505,936
    2000 56,657 1,667 209 0 58,533 27,918 401,867
    2001 42,348 1,096 209 0 43,653 27,702 71,591
    2002 59,894 190 209 0 60,293 21,542 81,591
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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