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Environmental Release Report: FAIRFIELD County, OH
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in FAIRFIELD 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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    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 FAIRFIELD County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:LEAD
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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 261 .670
    Suspected Carcinogens 13,431
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 35,503 .670
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 3,837 .670
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 33,507
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 13,664 .670
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 19,468 .670
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 37,214 .670
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 38,114 .670
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 38,774 .670
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 261 .670
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 36,083
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 38,746 .670
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 36,086 .670

    *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 350,716 0 0 0 350,716 143,208 NA
    1989 783,979 0 0 0 783,979 1,180,648 NA
    1990 480,273 30 40 10 480,353 745,326 NA
    1991 398,123 0 0 0 398,123 674,930 4,454,104
    1992 263,930 0 0 0 263,930 821,949 4,083,461
    1993 252,053 0 0 0 252,053 822,609 3,698,114
    1994 103,184 0 0 0 103,184 314,199 3,161,573
    1995 136,162 0 250 0 136,412 335,023 2,532,366
    1996 127,230 0 0 0 127,230 184,316 2,410,491
    1997 106,623 0 0 0 106,623 638,014 2,473,394
    1998 81,593 0 0 0 81,593 235,810 1,949,161
    1999 58,856 0 0 0 58,856 326,464 1,758,771
    2000 80,125 0 0 0 80,125 317,523 1,406,496
    2001 58,574 1 106 0 58,681 136,026 911,216
    2002 38,774 .670 0 0 38,775 147,096 986,045
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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