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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ATRAZINE
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:LEAD
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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 14,508 27,001
    Suspected Carcinogens 3,432 5
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 216,324 66,001
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 8
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 180,826 27,001
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 17,695 6
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 17,861 127,006
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 180,013 1
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 202,445 5
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 250
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 219,545 5
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 8
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 182,603 27,005
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 216,258 127,000
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 51,361 27,006

    *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 13,020 0 0 0 13,020 6,450 NA
    1989 421,449 0 0 0 421,449 81,562 NA
    1990 253,152 0 0 0 253,152 91,050 NA
    1991 293,017 0 260 0 293,277 157,950 684,999
    1992 188,436 0 0 0 188,436 194,457 559,189
    1993 174,150 0 0 0 174,150 167,917 633,981
    1994 253,908 0 0 0 253,908 202,240 784,921
    1995 156,276 0 0 0 156,276 284,412 620,806
    1996 154,215 0 0 0 154,215 238,602 493,296
    1997 206,706 0 0 0 206,706 547,090 590,651
    1998 223,138 0 0 0 223,138 414,101 679,496
    1999 218,006 0 0 0 218,006 477,338 736,122
    2000 216,831 0 0 0 216,831 491,498 767,160
    2001 212,592 0 15 0 212,607 512,933 751,815
    2002 222,450 166,006 22,013 0 410,469 428,851 884,755
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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