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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer 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 27,536
    Suspected Carcinogens 66,359 40
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 172,980 40
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 15,702
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 191,510 40
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 28,933 40
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 1,035,798 40
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 162,960 40
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,329,069 40
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 1,071,000
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 376,050 40
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 5,686
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 254,871 40
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,414,289 40
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 1,405,302 40

    *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 2,033,390 4,315 422,489 0 2,460,194 15,292,406 NA
    1989 1,949,115 937 267 0 1,950,319 9,317,958 NA
    1990 1,762,291 106 589 0 1,762,986 5,573,717 NA
    1991 1,470,946 3,710 1,418 0 1,476,074 5,875,151 49,063,425
    1992 1,376,611 3,762 3,183 0 1,383,556 5,074,860 46,633,997
    1993 802,424 3,700 773 0 806,897 5,968,542 18,348,757
    1994 611,407 3,707 384 0 615,498 6,320,377 17,687,214
    1995 602,088 3,700 12,900 0 618,688 7,150,883 16,600,830
    1996 513,173 1 900 0 514,074 6,253,383 11,475,300
    1997 535,905 0 2,450 0 538,355 6,712,897 10,309,988
    1998 1,038,330 1 1,600 0 1,039,931 5,879,189 11,899,514
    1999 1,542,516 1 2,900 0 1,545,417 8,375,734 13,822,410
    2000 914,402 1 4,301 0 918,704 8,133,871 12,172,394
    2001 1,430,475 0 9,418 0 1,439,893 9,734,795 14,073,329
    2002 1,416,220 40 20,574 0 1,436,834 7,671,824 11,367,344
    "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 .125 0 0 0 .125 0 .125
    2001 .107 0 0 0 .107 0 .107
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