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

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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