Environmental Releases for AMERICAN SAMOA

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Environmental Release Report: AMERICAN SAMOA

2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in AMERICAN SAMOA

Environmental Justice Analysis for AMERICAN SAMOA

2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks

2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect

What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm

TRI Data Summary

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2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in AMERICAN SAMOA*

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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 AMERICAN SAMOA

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2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
Top Ranked Cancer Risk:	no data available
Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:	AMMONIA
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2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
	Air Releases (Pounds from TRI sources)	Water Releases (Pounds from TRI sources)
Suspected Carcinogens	6
Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants	6
Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants	6,736
Suspected Neurotoxicants	6,730
Suspected Reproductive Toxicants	6,736
Suspected Respiratory Toxicants	6,736
Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants	6,736
*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	29,500	137,500	0	0	167,000	0	NA
1989	27,750	0	0	0	27,750	0	NA
1990	19,300	5	0	0	19,305	0	NA
1991	22,000	0	0	0	22,000	0	22,000
1992	11,240	0	0	0	11,240	0	22,000
1993	18,518	5	0	0	18,523	7	40,450
1994	12,255	0	0	0	12,255	0	12,250
1995	5,300	0	0	0	5,300	0	5,300
1996	10,500	0	0	0	10,500	0	10,500
1997	12,750	0	0	0	12,750	0	12,750
1998	13,896	1	0	0	13,897	4,795	18,694
1999	5,627	1	0	0	5,628	3,009	7,354
2000	16,780	0	0	0	16,780	0	16,780
2001	6,920	0	0	0	6,920	0	7,049
2002	6,736	0	0	0	6,736	0	6,736
"NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.

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