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Environmental Release Report: CORTLAND County, NY
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in CORTLAND County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Noncancer risk score (air and water releases):
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    Air releases of recognized developmental toxicants:
    Air releases of recognized reproductive toxicants:

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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 CORTLAND 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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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 6,742
    Suspected Carcinogens 98
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 28,449 15
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 2,081 5
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 42,513 5
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 6,487
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 16,104 10
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 53,512 10
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 48,904 10
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 11,309
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 55,885 15
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 3
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 27,196 10
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 49,829 15
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 42,700 10

    *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 344,685 0 0 0 344,685 215,276 NA
    1989 316,479 0 0 0 316,479 101,433 NA
    1990 220,748 0 0 0 220,748 96,285 NA
    1991 165,920 10 0 35 165,965 320,478 1,592,547
    1992 142,544 5 0 0 142,549 429,004 1,818,795
    1993 137,174 0 0 0 137,174 449,178 1,015,479
    1994 97,883 0 0 0 97,883 454,069 834,458
    1995 105,954 0 0 0 105,954 413,339 823,371
    1996 135,399 0 0 0 135,399 445,319 658,625
    1997 92,870 0 0 0 92,870 1,392,753 7,947,793
    1998 102,293 0 0 0 102,293 625,904 7,617,146
    1999 99,697 0 19 0 99,716 1,275,000 3,063,580
    2000 86,302 0 20 0 86,322 1,065,299 1,903,470
    2001 61,154 15 0 0 61,169 729,321 1,416,042
    2002 67,342 15 2,309 0 69,666 767,278 1,488,384
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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