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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:LEAD COMPOUNDS
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    See Scorecard's estimates of the health risks associated with outdoor air pollution for this area

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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 64,432
    Suspected Carcinogens 137,709
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 397,624
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 61,697
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 328,087
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 60,792
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 263,040
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 146,280
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 519,633
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 486,453
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 471,175
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 56,052
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 354,984
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 682,047
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 686,875

    *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 200,826 0 1,629,721 0 1,830,547 55,266 NA
    1989 33,315 900 2,049,472 0 2,083,687 55,650 NA
    1990 33,697 1 2,326,902 0 2,360,600 53,224 NA
    1991 309,075 0 2,168,725 0 2,477,800 68,966 17,545,540
    1992 157,784 120 2,285,765 0 2,443,669 119,044 26,316,713
    1993 183,369 0 2,311,727 0 2,495,096 99,484 17,137,661
    1994 206,425 0 2,041,924 0 2,248,349 115,578 9,543,725
    1995 388,361 0 1,977,011 0 2,365,372 34,301 3,858,128
    1996 593,619 0 2,092,800 0 2,686,419 66,934 4,044,423
    1997 643,166 0 2,541,000 0 3,184,166 51,092 5,760,754
    1998 1,655,221 0 3,290,202 0 4,945,423 15,629 16,051,620
    1999 1,086,832 0 3,038,575 0 4,125,407 58,433 64,771,754
    2000 1,248,224 0 886,771 0 2,134,995 2,112,462 7,128,388
    2001 1,179,015 0 1,058,467 0 2,237,482 2,307,158 22,657,649
    2002 829,811 0 1,412,780 0 2,242,590 3,366 24,435,319
    "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 5.71 0 0 0 5.71 0 5.71
    2001 6.18 0 0 0 6.18 0 5.98
    2002 5.29 0 0 0 5.29 0 5.29
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