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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC 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 10,461 1,135
    Suspected Carcinogens 10,268 878
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 624,748 3,361
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 20,449 33
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 586,616 1,503
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 1,395 29
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 1,603,125 2,851
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 191,260 1,813
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 2,152,830 2,228
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 4,803,140
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,586,697 8,108
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 3,904 32
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 605,596 7,291
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 5,040,898 11,380
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 5,855,751 9,050

    *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 5,032,500 250 400,000 0 5,432,750 168,189 NA
    1989 2,204,960 250 0 0 2,205,210 168,952 NA
    1990 1,962,270 690 0 0 1,962,960 182,818 NA
    1991 2,583,764 1,004 0 0 2,584,768 385,187 26,143,470
    1992 2,842,279 5,162 9,730 0 2,857,171 1,729,664 27,047,383
    1993 1,966,513 8,297 60,430 0 2,035,240 1,240,398 24,311,491
    1994 2,691,402 10,198 71,494 0 2,773,094 1,416,471 29,718,849
    1995 2,320,995 10,706 44,902 0 2,376,603 1,234,423 34,734,306
    1996 2,292,969 6,720 32,143 0 2,331,832 1,510,435 36,168,531
    1997 2,404,009 208,461 54,138 0 2,666,608 1,466,542 34,197,888
    1998 6,811,161 106,295 1,490,677 0 8,408,133 888,117 31,986,512
    1999 7,055,416 24,270 1,446,382 0 8,526,068 783,396 30,675,420
    2000 6,163,952 16,487 1,999,328 0 8,179,767 1,525,410 41,258,483
    2001 5,949,656 21,233 1,343,964 0 7,314,853 1,559,135 32,780,473
    2002 5,991,981 16,662 1,969,049 0 7,977,692 1,729,974 36,441,221
    "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 5.60 0 0 0 5.60 0 145
    2001 4.19 0 0 0 4.19 0 48.48
    2002 3.78 0 0 0 3.78 0 3.78
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