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Environmental Release Report: CRAWFORD County, IL
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in CRAWFORD County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
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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 CRAWFORD 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: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 106,282 267
    Suspected Carcinogens 17,439 57
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 271,001 274,242
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 79,662 79
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 311,941 15,402
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 56,016 53
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 219,225 752
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 327,205 15,424
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 437,531 15,379
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 134,336
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 440,740 15,609
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 29,561 52
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 278,647 502
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 581,452 16,050
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 530,914 15,531

    *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 2,142,160 68,819 18,000 0 2,228,979 29,924 NA
    1989 3,027,192 163,433 23,603 0 3,214,228 7,229 NA
    1990 2,141,271 138,660 22,285 0 2,302,216 3,825 NA
    1991 996,916 9,695 1,425 0 1,008,036 68,696 1,522,762
    1992 905,247 8,165 1,265 0 914,677 137,044 1,272,202
    1993 989,892 20,175 3,065 0 1,013,132 236,176 1,495,385
    1994 871,792 8,675 4,549 0 885,016 330,305 1,592,337
    1995 1,300,982 26,259 18,101 0 1,345,342 39,373 1,483,015
    1996 408,653 28,678 3,069 500 440,900 31,338 1,225,796
    1997 341,961 54,924 4,735 0 401,620 368,472 2,036,234
    1998 311,593 12,756 50,899 0 375,248 8,699 1,493,543
    1999 492,095 85,555 31,890 0 609,540 45,437 1,721,125
    2000 598,137 95,135 32,975 0 726,248 599,578 3,265,465
    2001 700,992 133,710 13,381 0 848,083 538,513 3,187,820
    2002 588,074 289,830 280,200 0 1,158,104 459,704 3,472,638
    "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 .898 .03 0 0 .928 .004 .933
    2001 .969 .04 0 0 1.01 0 1.01
    2002 .77 .04 0 0 .81 .01 .821
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