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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)
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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 2,506 1,016
    Suspected Carcinogens 17,402 893
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 464,932 1,019
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 61,004
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 392,672 1,019
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 3,170
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 7,478,144 2,805
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 98,918 4,704
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 7,872,043 3
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 8,405,942
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 464,869 108
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,158
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 463,214 1,121
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 8,496,494 6,314
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 8,496,963 3,295

    *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
    1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    1998 5,576,860 11,220 1,371,097 0 6,959,177 1,172 6,960,523
    1999 6,433,797 12,254 1,257,201 0 7,703,252 21,127 7,724,433
    2000 7,760,142 11,152 1,564,733 0 9,336,027 4,145 9,343,122
    2001 6,895,014 10,039 1,463,363 0 8,368,416 3,426 8,371,829
    2002 8,506,724 8,116 1,495,082 0 10,009,922 2,122 10,013,411
    "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 .6108 0 0 0 .6108 0 .6108
    2001 .5632 0 0 0 .5632 0 .5632
    2002 .6439 0 0 0 .6439 0 .6439
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