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Environmental Release Report: JACKSON County, AL
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in JACKSON County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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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 JACKSON 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 COMPOUNDS
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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 181,323 4,839
    Suspected Carcinogens 2,206 2,913
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 371,224 49,553
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1,764 331
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 1,348,636 6,920
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 22,659
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 2,412,769 7,494
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 1,100,743 13,658
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 3,450,544 14,019
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 3,230,965
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,408,217 53,258
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,402 328
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 302,376 47,555
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 4,410,563 60,135
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 4,388,888 22,396

    *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 654,808 13,115 242,160 0 910,083 334,897 NA
    1989 743,016 12,028 3,061 0 758,105 434,363 NA
    1990 843,198 30,910 2,800 0 876,908 291,955 NA
    1991 900,483 15,735 2,050 0 918,268 374,377 2,456,511
    1992 972,331 14,215 968 0 987,514 316,326 2,244,531
    1993 562,914 9,465 3,507 0 575,886 429,020 1,693,621
    1994 775,068 7,786 18,407 0 801,261 243,024 2,050,954
    1995 754,506 9,620 4,253 0 768,379 189,346 1,982,057
    1996 841,322 7,575 4,664 0 853,561 187,038 1,791,069
    1997 1,198,635 19,005 63,632 0 1,281,272 599,190 2,597,702
    1998 3,938,916 58,855 1,641,029 0 5,638,800 313,505 12,526,953
    1999 4,454,247 91,722 2,337,362 0 6,883,331 792,527 17,955,029
    2000 5,694,389 116,222 2,500,461 0 8,311,071 614,948 18,397,849
    2001 4,978,618 135,167 2,228,116 0 7,341,901 607,523 17,326,377
    2002 4,417,792 116,328 2,080,595 0 6,614,715 202,979 16,584,366
    "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 5.04 0 .0432 0 5.09 0 5.09
    2001 2.73 0 .019 0 2.74 0 2.76
    2002 2.86 0 .46 0 3.32 0 3.36
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