Environmental Releases for HAWAII

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Environmental Release Report: HAWAII

2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in HAWAII

Environmental Justice Analysis for HAWAII

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

Dioxin Compounds Summary

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2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in HAWAII*

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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 HAWAII

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2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
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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	91,096	108
Suspected Carcinogens	1,408	281
Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants	256,700	91,085
Recognized Developmental Toxicants	46,477	335
Suspected Developmental Toxicants	162,804	211
Suspected Endocrine Toxicants	20,322	56
Suspected Immunotoxicants	509,336	389
Suspected Kidney Toxicants	97,684	393
Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants	612,033	1,140
Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants	1,982,714
Suspected Neurotoxicants	310,175	987
Recognized Reproductive Toxicants	23,401	58
Suspected Reproductive Toxicants	237,327	1,155
Suspected Respiratory Toxicants	2,419,101	1,236
Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants	2,245,675	1,128
*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	951,255	10,250	205,745	1,058,709	2,225,959	999,732	NA
1989	685,263	9,500	211,372	1,196,672	2,102,807	1,307,908	NA
1990	680,611	15,985	33,759	111,500	841,855	396,269	NA
1991	579,658	17,029	81,200	235,199	913,086	86,624	8,320,046
1992	594,381	7,210	1,510	269,261	872,362	220,264	8,346,391
1993	528,077	14,300	1,760	160,015	704,152	59,920	8,257,382
1994	522,810	2,300	2,505	188,210	715,825	128,557	3,072,351
1995	443,607	1,510	545	24,306	469,968	285,905	4,833,497
1996	496,508	3,265	3,290	33,209	536,272	61,627	4,185,584
1997	383,473	2,114	5,938	25,750	417,275	96,290	4,077,751
1998	3,565,545	2,057	33,634	3,849	3,605,085	139,515	7,308,763
1999	2,478,339	2,781	38,163	5,070	2,524,353	233,913	6,114,841
2000	1,057,085	1,224	31,833	7,284	1,097,425	402,402	1,782,114
2001	2,379,957	29,770	224,400	2,071	2,636,198	523,094	3,839,097
2002	2,427,147	91,594	228,501	4	2,747,246	445,882	4,478,121
"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	4.93	0	0	0	4.93	.9597	5.89
2001	5.11	0	0	0	5.11	.9045	6.01
2002	5.33	0	0	0	5.33	0	6.16

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