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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:LEAD COMPOUNDS
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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 16,656 40
    Suspected Carcinogens 84 59
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 207,905 40
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 22,567 40
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 179,893
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 15,968
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 143,163 356
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 202,583 139
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 206,827 40
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 210,093 40
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 721 40
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 200,154
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 213,661 356
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 167,137 59

    *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 608,871 209 1,739,598 0 2,348,678 4,248,018 NA
    1989 1,268,473 349,546 108,273 0 1,726,292 1,527,075 NA
    1990 960,119 270 0 0 960,389 1,556,832 NA
    1991 777,582 0 400 0 777,982 4,499,267 5,897,772
    1992 1,006,378 425 0 0 1,006,803 4,500,870 7,636,817
    1993 628,246 555 0 0 628,801 4,478,243 7,659,679
    1994 240,314 336 0 0 240,650 3,798,963 6,838,160
    1995 237,991 105 0 0 238,096 6,061,184 8,527,222
    1996 326,508 516 1,300 0 328,324 4,805,798 7,380,596
    1997 302,899 11 1,900 0 304,810 9,717,715 8,205,021
    1998 221,213 400 0 0 221,613 3,629,399 6,339,109
    1999 1,927,073 0 0 0 1,927,073 4,827,234 8,947,638
    2000 93,796 59 0 0 93,855 5,502,557 7,467,810
    2001 222,520 462 1 0 222,983 5,396,530 7,055,536
    2002 214,331 396 0 0 214,727 3,077,915 4,919,708
    "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 2.00 0 0 0 2.00 0 2.00
    2001 1.30 0 0 0 1.30 0 1.30
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