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Environmental Release Report: CHAUTAUQUA County, NY
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in CHAUTAUQUA 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 CHAUTAUQUA 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:MERCURY 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 15,557 27,316
    Suspected Carcinogens 1,778 37,864
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 204,783 38,938
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1,651 7,325
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 203,130 31,609
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 13,152 21
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 2,313,166 72,566
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 34,506 33,569
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 2,512,867 19,169
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 3,188,758
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 216,158 44,935
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,301 7,311
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 216,354 46,259
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 3,236,639 91,274
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 3,240,042 77,271

    *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 1,949,292 2,978 507,324 0 2,459,594 2,823,993 NA
    1989 1,892,220 2,214 4,599 0 1,899,033 557,596 NA
    1990 1,981,532 636 4,479 0 1,986,647 470,756 NA
    1991 1,562,686 838 92,736 0 1,656,260 787,167 11,161,140
    1992 953,868 610 13,492 0 967,970 863,847 7,643,002
    1993 773,382 848 4,650 0 778,880 2,276,632 8,797,979
    1994 762,497 860 4,350 0 767,707 1,042,380 8,547,977
    1995 521,023 803 4,349 0 526,175 1,084,370 5,195,252
    1996 435,172 788 6,564 0 442,524 1,556,455 4,067,325
    1997 368,356 1,293 4,729 0 374,378 3,214,670 2,661,070
    1998 4,331,400 61,141 4,364 0 4,396,905 1,258,708 7,362,181
    1999 4,713,650 191,828 4,364 0 4,909,842 1,294,603 7,766,318
    2000 3,425,589 148,797 4,354 0 3,578,740 1,727,245 6,686,648
    2001 3,084,613 133,454 8 0 3,218,074 948,558 5,042,491
    2002 3,245,085 141,188 9 0 3,386,283 1,125,989 5,109,869
    "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 .417 0 0 0 .417 0 .417
    2001 .387 0 0 0 .387 0 .387
    2002 .431 0 0 0 .431 0 .431
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