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Environmental Release Report: ANNE ARUNDEL County, MD
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in ANNE ARUNDEL County*
    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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    *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 ANNE ARUNDEL 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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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 23,580 260
    Suspected Carcinogens 91,904 714
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 595,725 1,213,810
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 2,052 82
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 625,651 532
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 71,418 12
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 9,324,185 428
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 184,464 2,637
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 9,833,142 2,283
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 10,755,374 320
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 642,943 2,383
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,182 79
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 608,950 2,105
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 10,969,945 4,510
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 10,956,806 2,060

    *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 2,092,550 231,213 4,303 0 2,328,066 684,439 NA
    1989 2,432,943 179,731 4,020 0 2,616,694 370,510 NA
    1990 2,833,088 77,906 3,103 35 2,914,132 264,695 NA
    1991 2,427,316 86,798 3,571 0 2,517,685 8,850,110 53,855,636
    1992 2,292,512 234,970 3,574 0 2,531,056 932,649 16,679,748
    1993 2,347,716 156,122 2,470 0 2,506,308 15,789,466 38,399,292
    1994 1,879,415 70,999 3,298 0 1,953,712 2,684,842 20,984,480
    1995 1,453,526 191,832 18,227 0 1,663,585 6,300,422 22,991,590
    1996 909,766 437,984 19,517 0 1,367,267 334,037 4,151,604
    1997 452,232 431,892 27,830 0 911,954 602,108 5,199,029
    1998 11,927,146 522,033 27,768 0 12,476,947 117,006 17,992,319
    1999 12,844,175 993,443 44,399 0 13,882,017 42,269 15,488,963
    2000 12,688,876 1,808,558 42,843 0 14,540,277 1,232,659 17,312,330
    2001 14,319,284 2,081,017 22,481 0 16,422,782 1,136,644 18,874,457
    2002 10,994,733 1,217,804 16,289 0 12,228,826 1,147,499 14,051,098
    "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 21.00 0 0 0 21.00 0 21.00
    2001 3.09 0 0 0 3.09 0 3.09
    2002 2.48 0 0 0 2.48 0 2.48
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