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Big increases in mercury and other toxic releases

March 19, 2009

Almost 4.1 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released to the environment in the United States in 2007, according to new data from the E

EPA deprives public of information on toxics

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Requirements for reporting to toxic emissions are loosened despite the tracking program's success

Methodology

By Elizabeth Lucas, Robert Benincasa and David Donald

November 7, 2011

About the data collection and analysis for the Poisoned Places project

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"… d more about AFS.The Toxics Release InventoryThe TRI, authorized under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), houses emissions data reported yearly by polluting facili …"

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

By Corbin Hiar

January 9, 2012

Agency database shows emissions are down overall, but self-reporting makes the data suspect

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