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Environmental Release Report: ST. MARY Parish, LA
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in ST. MARY Parish*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Cancer 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 ST. MARY Parish

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CHROMIUM
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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 296 .130
    Suspected Carcinogens 254 3
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 211,097 3
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 154,214 .130
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 13,503
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 185,528 .110
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 14,382 .130
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 13,882 .130
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 214,376 3
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 256,984 .130
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 154,210 .130
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 48,469 3
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 215,077 3
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 253,581 3

    *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 3,752,654 1 0 0 3,752,655 362,960 NA
    1989 4,500,528 8 39,067 0 4,539,603 1,256,559 NA
    1990 5,089,751 255 0 0 5,090,006 969,640 NA
    1991 9,090,250 77 0 0 9,090,327 1,132,682 41,265,961
    1992 10,425,684 125 0 0 10,425,809 1,018,848 34,175,618
    1993 10,775,019 180 0 0 10,775,199 708,147 32,679,441
    1994 10,644,510 10 0 0 10,644,520 1,033,909 29,940,426
    1995 8,810,367 10 145 0 8,810,522 299,855 15,970,757
    1996 8,046,099 0 4,400 0 8,050,499 120,644 13,379,242
    1997 2,197,533 0 0 0 2,197,533 311,420 14,384,460
    1998 349,760 0 0 0 349,760 95,850 12,563,910
    1999 302,175 0 74 0 302,249 167,071 15,426,162
    2000 352,896 0 330 0 353,226 180,854 16,023,689
    2001 293,624 2,276 86 0 295,985 239,879 12,996,909
    2002 257,778 4 18,019 0 275,800 912,754 16,436,132
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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