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Environmental Release Report: OWYHEE County, ID
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in OWYHEE County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Total environmental releases:
    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 OWYHEE County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ARSENIC
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:THALLIUM
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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 1,447
    Suspected Carcinogens 72
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 7,638
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1,180
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 6,131
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 1,181
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 7,367
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 1,762
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,861
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 113
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,922
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 679
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 7,269
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 7,998
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 7,460

    *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 31 0 0 0 31 806 NA
    1989 34 0 0 0 34 963 NA
    1990 24 0 0 0 24 610 NA
    1991 20 0 0 0 20 402 1,985
    1992 21 0 0 0 21 437 2,921
    1993 20 0 0 0 20 351 2,418
    1994 26 0 0 0 26 460 4,220
    1995 22 0 0 0 22 583 5,486
    1996 24 0 0 0 24 2,351 7,208
    1997 23 0 0 0 23 3,314 3,390
    1998 12,486 0 31,641,000 0 31,653,486 1,384 31,645,005
    1999 3,224 0 24,031,000 0 24,034,224 717 24,035,859
    2000 4,526 0 15,372,600 0 15,377,126 543 15,373,956
    2001 9,163 0 33,341,745 0 33,350,908 31,614 33,344,705
    2002 8,068 0 28,887,324 0 28,895,392 75,187 28,965,089
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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