Toxic Releases from Facilities

The Toxic Releases from Facilities indicator is the proportion of a neighborhood within one kilometer or 0.62 miles of industrial facilities that release toxic emissions. The higher the value, the more negative the impact on neighborhood health. Data is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and was collected in 2012. The EPA provides annual emissions data for all major stationary sources of air pollution through the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI).

 

Exposure to these pollutants can cause increased cardiovascular disease, asthma, cancer and a range of other negative health effects. Toxic Releases from Facilities is in the Environmental Hazards domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 0.0% 1
Audubon Park 0.0% 1
Bancroft 0.0% 1
Beltrami 100.0% 84
Bottineau 92.3% 79
Bryant 0.0% 1
Bryn - Mawr 0.0% 1
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 0.0% 1
Camden Industrial 0.0% 1
Cedar - Isles - Dean 0.0% 1
Cedar Riverside 67.2% 70
Central 35.4% 58
Cleveland 0.0% 1
Columbia Park 80.4% 74
Como 98.9% 83
Cooper 0.0% 1
Corcoran 0.0% 1
Diamond Lake 16.3% 54
Downtown East 0.0% 1
Downtown West 39.8% 62
East Calhoun (ECCO) 0.0% 1
East Harriet 0.0% 1
East Isles 0.0% 1
East Phillips 0.0% 1
Elliot Park 0.0% 1
Ericsson 0.0% 1
Field 0.0% 1
Folwell 0.0% 1
Fulton 0.0% 1
Hale 0.0% 1
Harrison 1.3% 46
Hawthorne 76.1% 73
Hiawatha 0.0% 1
Holland 43.2% 63
Howe 0.0% 1
Humboldt Industrial Area 75.0% 72
Jordan 0.0% 1
Keewaydin 0.0% 1
Kenny 6.0% 49
Kenwood 0.0% 1
King Field 0.0% 1
Lind - Bohanon 39.0% 60
Linden Hills 0.0% 1
Logan Park 14.7% 53
Longfellow 0.0% 1
Loring Park 2.1% 47
Lowry Hill 0.0% 1
Lowry Hill East 4.5% 48
Lyndale 56.9% 67
Lynnhurst 0.0% 1
Marcy Holmes 57.7% 68
Marshall Terrace 92.5% 80
McKinley 46.9% 65
Mid - City Industrial 95.7% 81
Midtown Phillips 0.0% 1
Minnehaha 0.0% 1
Morris Park 0.0% 1
Near - North 31.1% 57
Nicollet Island - East Bank 100.0% 84
North Loop 95.7% 81
Northeast Park 90.6% 78
Northrop 0.0% 1
Page 0.0% 1
Phillips West 56.6% 66
Powderhorn Park 0.0% 1
Prospect Park - East River Road 6.1% 50
Regina 0.0% 1
Seward 46.0% 64
Sheridan 88.9% 76
Shingle Creek 84.2% 75
St. Anthony East 100.0% 84
St. Anthony West 100.0% 84
Standish 0.0% 1
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 0.0% 1
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 69.2% 71
Tangletown 0.0% 1
University of Minnesota 39.5% 61
Ventura Village 6.5% 51
Victory 26.4% 56
Waite Park 9.2% 52
Webber - Camden 21.1% 55
Wenonah 0.0% 1
West Calhoun 0.0% 1
Whittier 60.2% 69
Willard - Hay 0.0% 1
Windom 89.8% 77
Windom Park 37.3% 59

Key Citations: 1. Brunekreef B, Holgate ST. (2002) Air pollution and health. Lancet Oct 19; 360(9341):1233-42. Review. PubMed PMID: 12401268.

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2. U.S. EPA (2011) An Overview of Methods for EPA’s National-Scale Air Toxics Assessments. United States Environmental Protection Agency. January 2011.

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3. U.S. EPA (2012) User’s Manual for RSEI Model Version 2.3.1.

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4. California Environmental Protection Agency (2013) California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool, Version 1 (CalEnviroScreen 1.0): Guidance and Screening Tool, April 2013.

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5. United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 85, Air Pollution Prevention and Control..

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