ApocaDocs: EPA's Toxics Release Inventory doesn't offer full picture of pollution

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Posted Tue Jan 10 2012: from Center for Public Integrity:


	EPA's Toxics Release Inventory doesn't offer full picture of pollution http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1326215058 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled its analysis of the 2010 Toxics Release Inventory, a database containing information on the disposal or release of 650 potentially dangerous chemicals used by almost 21,000 facilities....But, as the EPA acknowledged, the database provides only a snapshot of the pollution produced by American industry. "Users of TRI data should be aware that 'it does not cover all toxic chemicals or all sectors of the U.S. economy,' the analysis warned. "Furthermore, the quantities of chemicals reported to TRI are self-reported by facilities and are often estimates."

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