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Environmental Release Report: ANCHORAGE County, AK
 
 
  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in ANCHORAGE 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):
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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 ANCHORAGE 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:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC 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 2,504 10
    Suspected Carcinogens 255
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 7,410 57
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 2,865 30
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 6,720 28
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 1,832 10
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 5,817 50
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 5,987 49
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 7,867 55
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 12,273 60
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,213 6
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 7,911 52
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 11,855 60
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 7,632 55

    *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
    1998 9,544 0 0 0 9,544 3,084 35,085
    1999 7,674 1 0 0 7,675 923 30,226
    2000 7,538 8 8,452,285 0 8,459,831 1,477 8,482,145
    2001 11,996 68 28,035,505 0 28,047,569 11,655 27,996,334
    2002 12,538 60 23,179,273 0 23,191,871 4,671 23,206,355
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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