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Environmental Release Report: HORRY County, SC
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in HORRY 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 HORRY 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: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 191 212
    Suspected Carcinogens 7,836 501
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 199,618 463
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 167 213
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 199,451 250
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 7,436 212
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 498,612 462
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 145,132 463
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 684,296 462
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 627,098
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 196,472 463
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 163 212
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 199,506
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 772,491 463
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 641,364 712

    *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 1,310,946 0 0 0 1,310,946 339,221 NA
    1989 1,069,836 0 0 0 1,069,836 337,136 NA
    1990 954,617 5 15 0 954,637 280,120 NA
    1991 1,049,691 0 0 0 1,049,691 208,855 1,989,015
    1992 1,267,185 0 0 0 1,267,185 212,010 2,385,459
    1993 277,106 0 0 0 277,106 1,261,599 1,624,340
    1994 299,936 0 5,690 0 305,626 406,242 2,040,990
    1995 227,749 0 0 0 227,749 883,700 2,887,015
    1996 227,508 0 0 0 227,508 1,602,466 2,174,161
    1997 83,960 0 0 0 83,960 2,937,172 1,324,194
    1998 488,011 0 40,000 0 528,011 604,182 1,641,805
    1999 1,015,762 32 104,191 0 1,119,985 903,069 2,967,316
    2000 742,531 53 110,316 0 852,899 1,636,520 5,683,577
    2001 706,257 70 121,674 0 828,001 1,038,781 2,801,176
    2002 773,065 964 101,402 0 875,431 1,776,598 3,488,550
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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