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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:TRICHLOROETHYLENE
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    Top Ranked Noncancer 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 198,878 438
    Suspected Carcinogens 25,606 251
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 225,921 509
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 68 183
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 488,179 576
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 97,725 250
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 248,087 688
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 462,673 1,008
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 518,300 759
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 588,168 34,295
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 68 183
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 223,565 33,933
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 585,023 34,433
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 561,226 756

    *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 2,927,256 1,163 10,240 0 2,938,659 169,858 NA
    1989 3,053,591 1,329 237 0 3,055,157 41,831 NA
    1990 1,833,899 473 16,286 0 1,850,658 26,558 NA
    1991 1,801,997 1,842 20,000 0 1,823,839 132,144 3,040,194
    1992 1,603,458 1,193 15,200 0 1,619,851 386,521 2,993,780
    1993 1,596,993 204 8,770 0 1,605,967 122,385 2,784,807
    1994 2,008,377 2,708 1,498 0 2,012,583 697,539 12,654,063
    1995 1,696,507 2,341 1,218 0 1,700,066 801,648 10,469,758
    1996 974,015 3,071 1,770 0 978,856 1,808,156 11,129,051
    1997 673,033 3,279 514 0 676,826 3,313,792 10,539,721
    1998 937,846 6,876 3,462 0 948,184 229,319 9,763,133
    1999 962,117 1,490 3,126 0 966,733 1,987,327 10,798,775
    2000 676,079 65,218 250 0 741,547 2,022,565 10,411,024
    2001 617,479 38,032 0 0 655,511 1,790,919 9,709,927
    2002 588,390 34,621 32 0 623,043 1,830,323 7,186,979
    "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 .2882 117 0 0 118 904 1,031
    2001 .3302 146 0 0 146 3,125 3,063
    2002 .4536 20.18 0 0 20.63 7,716 7,735
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