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Environmental Release Report: FORSYTH County, NC
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in FORSYTH 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 FORSYTH 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 3,199 366
    Suspected Carcinogens 1,453
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 787,204 369
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 219,276 366
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 451,162
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 2,113
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 548,687 366
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 609,047 366
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,177,982 366
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 418,007
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 870,024 369
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,914 366
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 652,359 3
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,259,957 3
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 883,903 3

    *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 5,844,264 350 58,330 0 5,902,944 3,643,154 NA
    1989 5,623,762 250 250 0 5,624,262 1,035,347 NA
    1990 5,547,478 255 73 0 5,547,806 880,696 NA
    1991 4,894,018 505 1,023 0 4,895,546 43,428,836 118,295,690
    1992 4,605,806 1,010 5 0 4,606,821 34,709,541 106,961,434
    1993 4,047,572 1,015 2,405 0 4,050,992 19,865,993 35,920,006
    1994 3,920,579 1,302 652 0 3,922,533 18,031,991 32,933,346
    1995 3,364,559 1,752 119 0 3,366,430 21,892,504 31,229,764
    1996 2,938,449 1,742 5,106 0 2,945,297 6,967,208 22,651,063
    1997 2,503,083 1,152 5 0 2,504,240 47,284,477 29,865,960
    1998 2,230,717 1,274 0 0 2,231,991 20,568,346 27,225,778
    1999 1,884,992 1,353 1 0 1,886,346 10,886,622 24,241,282
    2000 1,655,147 1,099 1 0 1,656,247 17,661,522 23,417,596
    2001 1,493,952 593 0 0 1,494,545 19,890,656 25,673,594
    2002 1,261,987 369 750 0 1,263,106 18,231,660 22,704,098
    "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 3.67 0 0 0 3.67 0 3.67
    2001 3.24 0 0 0 3.24 0 3.24
    2002 3.40 0 0 0 3.40 0 3.40
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