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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:no data available
    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:PHENOL
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 60,686
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 60,686
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 8,500
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 60,686
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 60,686
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 60,686
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 60,686
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 60,686
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 60,686

    *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 500 0 0 0 500 4,000 NA
    1989 77,700 0 0 0 77,700 10,592 NA
    1990 117,884 0 0 0 117,884 19,485 NA
    1991 147,255 0 0 0 147,255 57,683 268,883
    1992 192,262 0 0 0 192,262 61,275 315,481
    1993 227,476 0 0 0 227,476 82,283 384,912
    1994 182,099 0 0 0 182,099 92,483 274,270
    1995 122,128 0 317 0 122,445 103,726 251,045
    1996 93,832 0 0 0 93,832 129,410 222,426
    1997 83,327 0 0 0 83,327 61,817 114,392
    1998 78,900 0 0 0 78,900 34,484 110,526
    1999 107,958 0 0 0 107,958 34,577 145,989
    2000 79,313 0 642 0 79,955 45,643 124,765
    2001 67,535 0 0 0 67,535 546,230 613,535
    2002 60,686 0 0 0 60,686 479,047 540,191
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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