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Environmental Release Report: BAYER CROPSCIENCE L.P.
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
    Cleanest/Best Facilities in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Facilities in US
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    Air releases of recognized developmental toxicants:
    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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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Ozone Depleting Potential
    • Top Ranked Ozone Depleting Chemical:CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:MERCURY
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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 14,484 28
    Suspected Carcinogens 615
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 79,742 211,461
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 6,505 363
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 98,804 78
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 29,667 363
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 258,439 60
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 56,119 429
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 343,965 95
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 275,863
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 138,630 500
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 153 358
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 92,855 10
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 383,414 499
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 340,616 136

    *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 1,356,686 34,459 21,267 0 1,412,412 490,623 NA
    1989 1,187,685 11,137 45,669 0 1,244,491 1,477 NA
    1990 925,057 3,409 59,549 0 988,015 4,577 NA
    1991 884,438 2,172 3,843 0 890,453 18,073,599 27,787,532
    1992 1,513,551 4,577 6,003 0 1,524,131 22,280,874 32,591,570
    1993 1,084,380 2,716 700 0 1,087,796 14,496,558 24,935,148
    1994 884,675 841 113 0 885,629 14,611,146 21,831,532
    1995 929,872 2,000 767 0 932,639 248,234 10,897,807
    1996 672,680 8,975 16,032 0 697,687 273,610 9,752,123
    1997 390,224 14,208 429 0 404,861 89,054 6,743,988
    1998 170,514 5,299 126 0 175,939 23,059 5,207,709
    1999 156,211 43,037 46,296 0 245,544 46,362 3,000,673
    2000 114,677 121,852 0 0 236,529 64,935 3,060,391
    2001 88,643 259,491 143 0 348,277 133,002 5,881,482
    2002 384,449 211,578 960 0 596,987 58,309 4,071,091
    "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 .34 0 0 0 .34 0 .34
    2001 .32 0 0 0 .32 0 .32
    2002 .312 0 0 0 .312 0 .31
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: BAYER CROPSCIENCE L.P.
    Mailing Address: RTE. 25, INSTITUTE, WV 25112
    Public Contact: CHRIS EVANS
    Phone: (304) 767-6500
    SIC Code: 28 Chemicals And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: BAYER CROPSCIENCE
    Latitude: 38.38333
    Longitude: -81.7675
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  • Links

    • Scorecard's Criteria air pollutants report for this facility
    • See EPA Envirofacts report for this facility for information about regulatory compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and permitted air and water emissions.
    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

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