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Environmental Release Report: CONTRA COSTA County, CA
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in CONTRA COSTA 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):
    Air releases of recognized carcinogens:
    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 CONTRA COSTA County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Ozone Depleting Potential
    • Top Ranked Ozone Depleting Chemical:CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
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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 67,666 1,462
    Suspected Carcinogens 139,266 12,419
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 354,864 1,740,586
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 93,472 260
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 488,313 31,451
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 106,504 407
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 299,719 4,568
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 676,963 44,092
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,990,013 62,316
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 432,819
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 2,079,492 64,918
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 19,861 205
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 1,522,193 23,907
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 2,518,264 70,014
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 2,300,060 64,808

    *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 4,777,125 88,921 629,854 0 5,495,900 6,017,870 NA
    1989 4,017,580 139,172 573,160 0 4,729,912 2,303,611 NA
    1990 3,263,079 110,619 126,013 0 3,499,711 1,191,791 NA
    1991 3,771,212 124,971 81,713 0 3,977,896 2,622,774 88,225,768
    1992 3,571,615 115,457 47,379 0 3,734,451 3,441,720 91,431,602
    1993 3,273,133 165,658 13,588 0 3,452,379 126,931,454 201,728,739
    1994 3,215,741 50,901 6,387 0 3,273,029 2,998,761 177,503,091
    1995 3,538,345 808,511 1,900 0 4,348,756 3,620,054 220,043,828
    1996 4,111,284 1,583,632 29,796 0 5,724,712 3,063,996 992,073,849
    1997 3,619,707 1,580,794 4,820 0 5,205,321 6,343,221 42,496,340
    1998 3,245,531 1,310,409 8,542 0 4,564,482 3,167,468 30,327,942
    1999 2,883,923 1,032,127 26,563 0 3,942,613 3,266,378 207,807,205
    2000 2,686,552 1,583,762 6,669 0 4,276,983 3,437,294 98,544,173
    2001 2,820,780 1,439,267 8,084 0 4,268,131 3,635,281 53,246,624
    2002 2,561,880 1,807,116 20,888 0 4,389,884 2,901,958 61,921,764
    "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 .9004 .34 0 0 1.24 2.20 6.50
    2001 .7907 .73 0 0 1.52 .888 4.41
    2002 .8403 .76 0 0 1.60 .003 4.34
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