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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:BENZENE
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:LEAD 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 29,685 11
    Suspected Carcinogens 58,711 330
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 222,360 492,013
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 26,473 11
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 250,993 2
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 48,462 4
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 62,128 82
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 307,507 362
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 583,597 346
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 150,162
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 624,592 346
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 11,121 11
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 331,752 5
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 811,349 429
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 653,617 339

    *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 1,902,584 1,018 14,870 0 1,918,472 595,452 NA
    1989 1,826,385 2,910 1,470 306 1,831,071 54,983 NA
    1990 1,885,749 11,333 3,529 0 1,900,611 494,236 NA
    1991 2,027,865 15,834 294 0 2,043,993 831,618 6,724,875
    1992 1,660,493 4,237 1,826 0 1,666,556 796,317 25,057,791
    1993 1,351,782 7,007 2,501 0 1,361,290 833,838 27,544,889
    1994 1,044,937 4,241 2,019 0 1,051,197 1,144,096 36,322,753
    1995 771,679 93,546 3,411 0 868,636 1,132,869 28,535,230
    1996 883,831 821,646 0 0 1,705,477 1,312,512 29,978,894
    1997 1,034,683 712,775 0 0 1,747,458 3,104,957 25,216,373
    1998 1,169,607 771,447 0 0 1,941,054 1,192,556 28,192,590
    1999 990,263 451,582 0 0 1,441,845 1,025,369 24,765,412
    2000 880,750 621,080 0 0 1,501,830 1,155,076 24,565,730
    2001 833,527 607,544 360 0 1,441,432 1,301,856 25,207,068
    2002 824,493 492,436 9,330 0 1,326,259 1,170,246 24,930,327
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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