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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CHROMIUM
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:LEAD
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    See Scorecard's estimates of the health risks associated with outdoor air pollution for this area

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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 188,314 15
    Suspected Carcinogens 691 10
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 1,038,133 24
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 433,707 3
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 619,033 20
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 166,029 1
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 643,982 25
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 1,054,110 41
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,089,725 11
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,094,635 12
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 14 3
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 1,043,559 20
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,096,164 51
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 1,033,103 31

    *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 2,293,971 750 250 0 2,294,971 430,107 NA
    1989 2,192,612 750 250 0 2,193,612 359,717 NA
    1990 1,855,202 405 0 0 1,855,607 981,545 NA
    1991 1,806,977 320 0 0 1,807,297 1,284,852 13,262,809
    1992 1,530,802 450 0 0 1,531,252 1,372,659 12,930,106
    1993 1,510,034 111 0 0 1,510,145 1,072,227 13,541,128
    1994 1,727,802 101 6 0 1,727,909 857,981 12,707,410
    1995 1,757,035 212 0 0 1,757,247 603,279 10,489,566
    1996 1,912,719 245 10 0 1,912,974 1,034,664 18,992,357
    1997 1,440,676 181 9,910 0 1,450,767 3,283,762 23,289,620
    1998 1,277,702 65 0 0 1,277,767 1,503,489 23,099,438
    1999 1,666,087 132 0 0 1,666,219 1,625,041 24,656,713
    2000 1,488,150 158 0 0 1,488,308 1,660,862 26,537,445
    2001 1,335,504 80 0 0 1,335,584 1,159,564 23,740,397
    2002 1,096,638 54 0 0 1,096,692 1,520,713 25,206,292
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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