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Environmental Release Report: CLERMONT County, OH
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in CLERMONT County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Total environmental releases:
    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Noncancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Air releases of recognized carcinogens:
    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 CLERMONT 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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    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 23,703 154
    Suspected Carcinogens 74,595 654
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 667,427 438
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 37,899 67
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 629,253 203
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 92,582
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 4,769,666 5,025
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 188,832 5,850
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 5,287,228 347
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 6,395,005
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 667,000 2,782
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,012 65
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 665,895 2,690
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 6,587,106 12,807
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 6,585,070 5,402

    *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 465,586 0 0 0 465,586 106,493 NA
    1989 504,839 0 0 0 504,839 140,008 NA
    1990 194,472 0 20 5 194,497 138,075 NA
    1991 169,592 0 0 0 169,592 289,522 539,859
    1992 129,467 0 0 0 129,467 403,623 718,814
    1993 136,439 0 0 0 136,439 254,798 509,643
    1994 406,688 0 0 0 406,688 282,164 524,808
    1995 71,481 0 0 0 71,481 372,814 576,774
    1996 138,160 0 0 0 138,160 395,574 632,546
    1997 132,196 0 0 0 132,196 771,054 671,689
    1998 7,126,647 52,257 1,734,085 0 8,912,989 724,953 20,166,835
    1999 7,573,274 47,145 1,620,085 0 9,240,504 581,005 23,196,918
    2000 6,521,865 18,976 1,029,274 0 7,570,115 572,791 10,071,766
    2001 5,917,880 17,762 439,109 0 6,374,750 654,495 8,853,626
    2002 6,594,189 17,762 688,196 0 7,300,146 868,815 15,752,592
    "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 .996 0 0 0 .996 0 .996
    2001 1.09 0 0 0 1.09 0 1.09
    2002 1.21 0 0 0 1.21 0 1.21
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