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Environmental Release Report: NAVAJO County, AZ
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in NAVAJO County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Cancer 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 NAVAJO County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:MERCURY COMPOUNDS
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    See Scorecard's estimates of the health risks associated with outdoor air pollution for this area

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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 390
    Suspected Carcinogens 6,371
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 147,596
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 458
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 245,367
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 302,180
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 110,872
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 552,578
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 534,455
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 252,144
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 220
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 147,627
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 640,138
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 639,390

    *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 1,072,348 0 2,384,856 0 3,457,204 0 NA
    1989 932,743 0 2,373,038 0 3,305,781 0 NA
    1990 843,790 0 2,342,893 0 3,186,683 0 NA
    1991 1,762,000 0 0 0 1,762,000 0 20,457,970
    1992 1,839,304 0 0 0 1,839,304 0 20,602,637
    1993 350,816 0 795,988 0 1,146,804 0 17,083,750
    1994 2,029,464 0 424,053 0 2,453,517 0 2,994,170
    1995 1,892,672 0 350,546 0 2,243,218 0 2,490,492
    1996 1,862,608 0 143,454 0 2,006,062 0 2,386,529
    1997 1,892,588 0 300,097 0 2,192,685 0 2,573,551
    1998 1,331,537 750 746,015 0 2,078,302 293 2,820,587
    1999 612,339 750 729,213 0 1,342,302 0 1,841,064
    2000 592,777 750 897,459 0 1,490,986 0 1,787,965
    2001 651,622 0 888,996 0 1,540,618 16 2,297,513
    2002 641,127 0 924,191 0 1,565,318 0 2,324,321
    "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 2.08 0 .0158 0 2.10 0 2.10
    2001 1.08 0 .0127 0 1.09 2.21 1.09
    2002 .9971 0 .0155 0 1.01 0 1.01
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