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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:no data available
    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:MANGANESE 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)
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 11,191
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 11,191
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 11,193
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 11,191
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 11,193
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 2
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 11,196
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 11,196
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 11,198
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 11,193

    *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 2,552 0 0 0 2,552 101,903 NA
    1989 46,125 0 9,945 0 56,070 207,167 NA
    1990 110,248 0 17,227 0 127,475 278,169 NA
    1991 104,516 0 0 0 104,516 420,658 499,269
    1992 29,623 0 0 0 29,623 14,035 132,694
    1993 18,808 0 0 0 18,808 4,773 48,084
    1994 2,183 0 0 0 2,183 0 2,783
    1995 5 0 0 0 5 67,622 67,622
    1996 5 0 0 0 5 89,010 89,010
    1997 5 0 0 0 5 177,478 88,739
    1998 3,741 0 22,000 0 25,741 120,068 144,430
    1999 9,442 0 0 0 9,442 111,210 168,967
    2000 7 0 0 0 7 52,628 52,631
    2001 3,642 0 0 0 3,642 76,294 79,881
    2002 11,198 0 0 0 11,198 65,282 149,575
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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