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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CHROMIUM
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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 105,714 64
    Suspected Carcinogens 31,460 5
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 79,315 323
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 32,014 32
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 1,359,511 264
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 14 3
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 193,871 320
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 1,391,055 50
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,986,242 16,377
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 50,000
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 2,040,671 16,991
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,014 32
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 728,667 17,193
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 2,091,101 17,196
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 2,090,162 16,656

    *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 357,626 615,450 77,336 0 1,050,412 0 NA
    1989 421,496 708,733 33,192 0 1,163,421 0 NA
    1990 1,401,136 548,682 10,003 0 1,959,821 0 NA
    1991 1,460,071 76,350 17,300 0 1,553,721 3,021 29,772,899
    1992 1,681,025 97,287 0 0 1,778,312 4,362 30,164,800
    1993 1,815,525 176,609 0 0 1,992,134 13,667 30,351,470
    1994 15,126,633 199,174 0 0 15,325,807 9,097 30,769,042
    1995 2,655,788 7,294,643 0 0 9,950,431 133,214 38,149,979
    1996 2,216,583 6,168,718 63,702 0 8,449,003 15,924 32,116,549
    1997 3,610,318 8,178,551 210,537 0 11,999,406 21,770 20,801,479
    1998 5,143,941 8,344,291 107,934 0 13,596,166 68,959 22,316,175
    1999 4,051,220 7,236,274 125,442 0 11,412,936 112,915 21,543,104
    2000 2,402,613 8,007,916 93,726 0 10,504,255 212,703 19,225,878
    2001 3,409,871 5,636,368 107,077 0 9,153,316 302,201 16,688,348
    2002 2,092,101 17,314 120,229 0 2,229,644 49,459 6,817,933
    "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 .684 0 0 0 .684 0 1.11
    2001 2.05 0 0 0 2.05 0 2.52
    2002 .168 0 .565 0 .733 0 .734
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