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Environmental Release Report: NEZ PERCE County, ID
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in NEZ PERCE 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 NEZ PERCE County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
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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 203,750 44,415
    Suspected Carcinogens 400 772
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 87,839 13,857
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 89 165
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 978,684 159,610
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 261 6
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 231,010 45,165
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 973,888 161,025
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,014,919 150,747
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 27,000
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,191,294 256,980
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 89 165
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 234,521 98,337
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,225,271 257,593
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 1,225,021 191,593

    *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 2,023,250 38,800 410,000 0 2,472,050 56,925 NA
    1989 2,002,421 49,000 1,000 0 2,052,421 34,617 NA
    1990 1,670,455 115,200 1,000 0 1,786,655 32,482 NA
    1991 2,184,730 105,800 447,405 0 2,737,935 416,338 17,334,338
    1992 1,132,042 95,724 366,271 0 1,594,037 322,739 14,566,074
    1993 668,680 20,389 448,265 0 1,137,334 272,015 16,583,479
    1994 1,032,118 63,650 780,064 0 1,875,832 387,002 11,456,559
    1995 1,105,452 296,390 476,265 0 1,878,107 304,191 11,730,688
    1996 1,098,397 36,110 272,065 0 1,406,572 413,459 11,618,032
    1997 1,205,305 41,887 591,720 0 1,838,912 722,711 11,654,015
    1998 1,308,987 51,312 241,920 0 1,602,219 1,478,494 13,191,602
    1999 1,576,852 224,496 199,700 0 2,001,048 1,292,796 14,706,022
    2000 1,009,275 173,996 302,788 0 1,486,059 1,461,071 14,423,084
    2001 1,219,219 165,992 370,464 0 1,755,676 1,407,281 14,716,569
    2002 1,225,624 281,812 282,667 0 1,790,103 1,346,305 17,791,981
    "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 .5992 5.14 3.09 0 8.83 0 15.31
    2001 .5979 4.18 5.65 0 10.43 0 13.28
    2002 .4536 4.27 6.04 0 10.76 0 14.94
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