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Environmental Release Report: MENDOCINO County, CA
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in MENDOCINO 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 MENDOCINO County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
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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 77
    Suspected Carcinogens 53 10
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 32 5
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 46 5
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 99 5
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 56 5
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 123 5
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 123 5
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 78
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 133 5
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 114 5

    *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 93,507 0 0 0 93,507 44,837 NA
    1989 97,407 250 0 0 97,657 58,301 NA
    1990 166,901 15 0 0 166,916 5,183 NA
    1991 59,444 2 0 0 59,446 9,415 57,501
    1992 22,459 10 0 0 22,469 1,192 11,923
    1993 24,233 0 0 0 24,233 359 12,431
    1994 33,231 15 0 0 33,246 978 19,458
    1995 34,416 3 0 0 34,419 1,641 20,155
    1996 14,799 2 0 0 14,801 8,178 8,350
    1997 105,781 2 0 0 105,783 61,388 177,303
    1998 231,060 4 0 0 231,064 2,599 261,174
    1999 174,862 1 0 0 174,863 1,864 202,205
    2000 198,197 1 0 0 198,198 8,925 215,803
    2001 47,228 0 592 0 47,820 2,641 55,709
    2002 164 10 0 0 174 3,751 9,307
    "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 .2827 0 0 0 .2827 .0087 .2925
    2001 .2776 0 .0831 0 .3607 .01 .371
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