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.

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

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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