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U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory List In 1986, Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), with the intent of increasing the transparency of the use and disposal of chemicals in manufacturing, mining, and other activities. Section 313 of the EPCRA and section 6607 of the PPA required companies that release toxic materials to provide information to U.S. EPA on the identity and amounts of these toxic chemicals they are releasing to air, land and water. This information is made available to the public through U.S. EPA as the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), providing valuable information on the release and transport of toxic chemicals in the U.S. U.S. EPA publishes a list of chemicals that must be reported. A chemical is placed on the list if it is toxic to humans or damaging to the environment. The current TRI toxic chemical list contains approximately 650 individually listed chemicals and 30 chemical groups. Of this group, only 350 individual chemicals and 25 chemical groups are pesticides or related compounds. Of these pesticide chemicals, only 222 have been formally ranked through the TRI program for their toxicity. Toxicity categories evaluated for the TRI list of chemicals includes acute toxicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, environmental toxicity and toxicity to organ systems including cardiovascular, liver, gastrointestinal, kidney, immune, hematological, and respiratory systems. Environmental Defense maintains a web site called Scorecard, at which you can find information on the TRI chemicals being released in your neighborhood, with a map showing the location of the responsible facilities. from Pesticide Action Network

 

U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory List
In 1986, Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), with the intent of increasing the transparency of the use and disposal of chemicals in manufacturing, mining, and other activities. Section 313 of the EPCRA and section 6607 of the PPA required companies that release toxic materials to provide information to U.S. EPA on the identity and amounts of these toxic chemicals they are releasing to air, land and water. This information is made available to the public through U.S. EPA as the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), providing valuable information on the release and transport of toxic chemicals in the U.S.

U.S. EPA publishes a list of chemicals that must be reported. A chemical is placed on the list if it is toxic to humans or damaging to the environment. The current TRI toxic chemical list contains approximately 650 individually listed chemicals and 30 chemical groups. Of this group, only 350 individual chemicals and 25 chemical groups are pesticides or related compounds. Of these pesticide chemicals, only 222 have been formally ranked through the TRI program for their toxicity.

Toxicity categories evaluated for the TRI list of chemicals includes acute toxicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, environmental toxicity and toxicity to organ systems including cardiovascular, liver, gastrointestinal, kidney, immune, hematological, and respiratory systems.

Environmental Defense maintains a web site called Scorecard, at which you can find information on the TRI chemicals being released in your neighborhood, with a map showing the location of the responsible facilities. from Pesticide Action Network