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Environmental Release Report: GRATIOT County, MI
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in GRATIOT 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 developmental toxicants:
    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 GRATIOT County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:LEAD
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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 47
    Suspected Carcinogens 1,314
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 24,034
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 16,500
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 10,171
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 7
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 22,588
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 26,671
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 27,971
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 26,565
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 7
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 24,053
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 28,011
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 27,853

    *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 234,840 60,083 0 372,790 667,713 1,250 NA
    1989 263,721 39,700 0 241,360 544,781 8,487 NA
    1990 154,164 65,524 0 293,240 512,928 4,867 NA
    1991 157,822 67,155 0 342,977 567,954 1,159,462 2,070,991
    1992 144,183 54,055 0 271,994 470,232 464,695 1,224,733
    1993 113,810 64,789 0 365,363 543,962 795,991 43,069,617
    1994 86,808 63,700 0 77,307 227,815 66,515 58,544,915
    1995 62,564 189,670 0 0 252,234 46,950 51,701,896
    1996 79,775 23,450 0 0 103,225 73,298 18,895,930
    1997 63,198 30,000 0 0 93,198 288,402 43,504,832
    1998 58,019 32,933 0 0 90,952 236,344 51,228,534
    1999 50,869 22,623 0 48 73,540 207,069 24,122,318
    2000 27,949 0 0 0 27,949 73,033 429,960
    2001 27,646 0 0 0 27,646 162,342 720,209
    2002 28,081 0 0 0 28,081 164,447 767,354
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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