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Environmental Release Report: JEFFERSON County, OH
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in JEFFERSON County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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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 JEFFERSON 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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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 3,858 462
    Suspected Carcinogens 34,493 4,882
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 1,296,908 8,968
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 2,770 12
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 1,263,748 7,450
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 102
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 17,581,021 6,444
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 54,734 6,993
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 18,797,965 8,768
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 20,636,660 1,506
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,303,555 60,871
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,670 12
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 1,282,883 53,809
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 20,742,275 64,739
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 20,644,632 26,932

    *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 288,437 604,210 0 0 892,647 619,538 NA
    1989 263,976 98,760 0 0 362,736 7,373,536 NA
    1990 284,524 111,390 0 0 395,914 7,370,301 NA
    1991 412,224 109,984 7,646,600 0 8,168,808 1,149,274 13,325,501
    1992 450,812 93,170 3,369,600 0 3,913,582 4,582,209 11,700,046
    1993 312,269 70,337 0 0 382,606 7,999,588 11,838,232
    1994 333,313 89,448 0 0 422,761 6,824,951 8,752,107
    1995 327,883 4,040 0 0 331,923 789,560 1,123,733
    1996 406,440 6,120 0 0 412,560 546,730 962,630
    1997 300,794 2,464 2,199,681 0 2,502,939 4,769,358 430,420
    1998 23,811,556 192,499 1,698,426 0 25,702,481 6,763,948 34,891,668
    1999 17,481,527 71,747 1,502,283 0 19,055,557 6,697,683 27,613,055
    2000 16,635,128 40,681 1,885,778 0 18,561,588 7,997,527 31,103,779
    2001 14,238,546 90,333 1,786,556 0 16,115,435 7,478,212 27,595,197
    2002 20,749,509 92,302 1,434,893 0 22,276,704 480,618 36,425,291
    "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 4.06 0 0 0 4.06 0 4.06
    2001 3.60 0 0 0 3.60 0 3.60
    2002 3.90 0 0 0 3.90 0 3.90
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