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

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:BENZENE
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    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)
    Recognized Carcinogens 333
    Suspected Carcinogens 1,218
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 1,811
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 659
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 909
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 324
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 1,379
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 2,615
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 4,716
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 5,050
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 162
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 3,329
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 4,959
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 4,716

    *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 64,128 0 0 0 64,128 750 NA
    1989 137,210 0 0 0 137,210 648 NA
    1990 71,984 0 0 0 71,984 550 NA
    1991 66,843 0 0 0 66,843 852,380 1,535,093
    1992 38,146 0 0 0 38,146 819,913 1,458,855
    1993 47,966 0 0 0 47,966 608,199 1,135,139
    1994 50,267 0 0 0 50,267 555,462 606,457
    1995 59,884 0 0 0 59,884 743,792 876,972
    1996 57,398 0 0 0 57,398 659,195 833,381
    1997 50,540 0 0 0 50,540 1,765,250 968,870
    1998 27,310 0 0 0 27,310 642,115 695,555
    1999 10,422 0 0 0 10,422 526,123 608,323
    2000 7,680 382 0 0 8,062 327,561 368,234
    2001 4,669 759 118 0 5,546 477,001 913,125
    2002 5,050 0 0 0 5,050 491,158 496,085
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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