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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:LEAD 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 264,393 221
    Suspected Carcinogens 84,035 556
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 469,283 999
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 60,420 220
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 998,298 529
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 767 70
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 2,579,868 1,518
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 777,680 2,345
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 3,087,410 1,590
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 2,861,817
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,245,138 1,479
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 7,432 197
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 572,218 1,537
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 3,905,866 3,398
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 3,819,865 1,510

    *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 5,504,989 3,940 1,949,451 0 7,458,380 2,654,215 NA
    1989 4,301,569 8,210 124,512 0 4,434,291 7,087,914 NA
    1990 3,781,679 21,530 123,724 5 3,926,938 4,686,891 NA
    1991 3,218,722 17,796 123,994 0 3,360,512 7,209,854 19,766,760
    1992 2,375,987 39,867 223,434 0 2,639,288 6,736,649 19,628,247
    1993 1,969,004 25,982 297,859 0 2,292,845 7,270,512 19,237,523
    1994 1,451,950 6,415 350,894 0 1,809,259 9,580,930 19,897,453
    1995 1,084,651 23,975 375,838 0 1,484,464 8,462,507 17,675,108
    1996 2,145,271 4,459 604,528 0 2,754,258 7,464,830 20,392,341
    1997 1,340,900 3,304 174,462 0 1,518,666 17,202,456 46,418,657
    1998 3,880,954 2,005 21,713,344 0 25,596,303 10,245,319 111,309,310
    1999 4,222,542 9,781 19,308,875 0 23,541,198 10,418,980 178,180,697
    2000 3,962,286 4,653 20,043,720 0 24,010,659 10,329,474 222,412,336
    2001 4,283,448 14,138 21,197,760 0 25,495,346 8,754,886 107,586,542
    2002 3,915,813 3,548 22,093,824 0 26,013,185 7,877,053 100,839,833
    "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 2.77 0 0 0 2.77 0 2.77
    2001 2.65 0 0 0 2.65 0 2.65
    2002 2.55 0 0 0 2.55 0 2.55
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