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Environmental Release Report: COLBERT County, AL
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in COLBERT County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    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 COLBERT 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:MERCURY
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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 56,396 934
    Suspected Carcinogens 721 1,639
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 1,879,279 235,364
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 158,712 183
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 1,439,632 1,760
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 41,458 178
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 3,913,966 4,382
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 1,224,604 8,413
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 6,014,859 9,583
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 3,977,784
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 2,825,417 10,038
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 286 174
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 2,397,264 10,289
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 6,390,101 37,916
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 6,139,552 30,861

    *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 11,604,193 785,346 17,858,000 0 30,247,539 109,198,783 NA
    1989 12,184,818 719,351 1,068,333 0 13,972,502 273,913 NA
    1990 9,214,714 406,913 262,300 0 9,883,927 134,874 NA
    1991 5,827,132 228,774 2,030,000 0 8,085,906 1,163,441 18,991,129
    1992 3,016,965 291,463 1,196,000 0 4,504,428 271,834 22,138,339
    1993 2,458,587 309,824 555,201 0 3,323,612 944,550 29,312,429
    1994 3,407,060 314,795 488,000 0 4,209,855 1,306,225 31,535,281
    1995 4,865,477 244,346 2,000 0 5,111,823 1,291,342 32,176,528
    1996 2,435,130 276,421 2,000 0 2,713,551 1,341,024 32,262,301
    1997 2,480,307 265,279 1,030 0 2,746,616 3,110,771 37,217,508
    1998 4,903,998 295,213 1,437,274 0 6,636,485 1,137,105 48,378,985
    1999 7,157,956 260,145 1,700,620 0 9,118,721 1,655,186 37,883,017
    2000 6,699,765 241,987 1,976,624 0 8,918,375 2,004,518 35,604,970
    2001 10,381,248 302,673 1,723,658 0 12,407,579 2,044,710 34,974,259
    2002 6,436,669 272,211 1,614,845 0 8,323,725 2,882,903 32,138,782
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Dioxin Compounds Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    2000 3.20 0 0 0 3.20 0 3.20
    2001 1.72 .049 0 0 1.77 5.33 7.08
    2002 1.50 .049 0 0 1.55 0 3.10
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