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Environmental Release Report: COSHOCTON County, OH
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in COSHOCTON 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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    *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 COSHOCTON 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 75,538 5,068
    Suspected Carcinogens 15,795 14,401
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 526,966 3,922,350
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 131,005 88
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 756,250 11,999
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 628
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 6,222,354 10,729
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 482,390 9,047
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 6,777,683 14,974
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 7,149,733 7,142
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 896,529 16,217
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,370 88
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 570,870 13,222
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 7,697,782 19,944
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 7,647,584 17,870

    *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 6,769,158 48,116 0 0 6,817,274 2,453,065 NA
    1989 5,771,437 31,728 8 0 5,803,173 1,615,927 NA
    1990 2,408,776 3,024 12 0 2,411,812 686,148 NA
    1991 3,624,325 3,206 34,207 0 3,661,738 7,958,210 24,623,425
    1992 3,642,811 3,407 0 0 3,646,218 9,508,435 29,955,925
    1993 3,330,894 3,047 11 0 3,333,952 8,896,909 29,527,611
    1994 2,323,905 2,814 10 0 2,326,729 9,489,570 19,796,543
    1995 2,545,373 286,922 0 0 2,832,295 10,006,646 19,446,705
    1996 2,180,832 1,300,829 0 0 3,481,661 1,104,609 9,353,624
    1997 1,989,556 2,016,581 0 0 4,006,137 3,098,350 10,457,876
    1998 7,669,151 2,005,507 1,075,619 0 10,750,277 882,262 25,671,646
    1999 7,463,458 4,024,465 1,130,420 0 12,618,343 971,477 29,055,767
    2000 7,878,476 4,733,120 1,502,521 0 14,114,117 930,425 28,137,279
    2001 5,660,919 3,832,892 1,145,998 0 10,639,809 1,328,752 23,109,218
    2002 7,705,473 3,934,361 1,794,485 0 13,434,319 282,509 26,244,764
    "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 1.54 0 .106 0 1.65 0 1.65
    2001 1.18 0 .0252 0 1.21 0 1.21
    2002 1.48 0 .0199 0 1.50 0 1.50
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