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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
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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 947
    Suspected Carcinogens 121
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 1,259
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 898
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 17,560
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 219
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 3,727
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 18,668
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 68,740
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 68,548
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 898
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 50,491
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 70,657
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 67,780

    *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
    1997 32,680 0 0 0 32,680 0 32,680
    1998 173,953 0 51,605,000 0 51,778,953 0 51,743,869
    1999 167,252 0 44,458,820 0 44,626,072 0 44,589,086
    2000 108,431 0 31,772,950 0 31,881,381 0 31,825,929
    2001 90,009 0 23,484,729 0 23,574,738 0 23,313,420
    2002 71,546 0 16,967,975 0 17,039,521 8,556 16,862,586
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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