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Community Report for PIERCE County, WA All data are the latest available from government sources as processed and interpreted by our scientists and computer experts.

AIR

- 586,203 people in PIERCE County face a cancer risk more than 100 times the goal set by the Clean Air Act.

- In 1999, this county ranked in the top 20% of all counties in the state in terms of ozone concentrations.

WATER

- 3 % of surface waters in PIERCE County have beneficial uses which are impaired or threatened.

- The leading sources of water quality problems are unknown.

- EPA has determined that 1 of 5 watershed(s) in your county has more serious water quality problems.

LAND

Superfund sites are hazardous waste sites that US EPA has listed as national priorities for cleanup.

- 4 Superfund sites in PIERCE County caused contamination of drinking water sources

- In 1997, this county ranked 640 out of 788 counties in the US in terms of toxic chemical land releases from TRI manufacturing facilities. These companies are required to report their releases of harmful chemical releases to US EPA's Toxics Release Inventory.

TOXICS

- In 1997, this county ranked among the highest 20% of all counties in the US in terms of total environmental releases from manufacturing facilities

- The following companies reported the largest environmental releases to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory:

- SIMPSON TACOMA KRAFT CO., TACOMA

- KAISER ALUMINUM, TACOMA

- DYNO OVERLAYS INC., TACOMA

- The following chemicals were released in the largest quantity:

- METHANOL - CARBONYL SULFIDE - TOLUENE - Detailed information on the health effects of these chemicals is available online at

http://scorecard.org/community/index.tcl?zip_code=98338

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