| Environmental |
Parish
Health Profiles |
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| Health |
St. John the Baptist |
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St.
John the Baptist Parish |
All
Parishes |
| PESTICIDE
EXPOSURE, 1999 — 2003 |
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United States |
Louisiana |
St. John the Baptist |
| Number of Cases |
not available |
944 |
7 |
| *Parishes with at least
1, but less than 4 cases. |
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| Source:
DHH/OPH, Section of Environmental Epidemiology, Health-Related Pesticide
Incident Report Program Reports (HRPIR).
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| TOXIC RELEASE
INVENTORY (TRI) |
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|
| reported
in pounds |
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United States |
Louisiana |
St. John the Baptist |
| On and Off Site Disposal,
2002 |
4,339,353,557 |
121,163,358 |
1,251,097 |
| Source:
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 2002, Louisiana
Environmental Inventory Report April 2004, |
| http://www.deq.louisiana.gov, <key words: Info for citizens, Toxic Release
Inventory>. |
|
| U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Trends Report, 2000
Core Chemicals, All Industries, Release Year 2003, data |
| set frozen on December 28, 2004 and released to the
public May 11, 2005, |
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| http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/trends.htm. |
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| All
Industries, 2000 — 2002 (2000 Core Chemicals) |
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| 2000 |
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| Total Air Emissions |
1,918,594,569 |
70,562,307 |
837,582 |
| Surface Water Discharges |
267,628,380 |
12,982,782 |
274,761 |
| Underground Injection |
270,596,383 |
51,748,710 |
671,488 |
| Releases to Land |
3,364,498,546 |
14,294,651 |
0 |
| 2001 |
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| Total Air Emissions |
1,653,855,775 |
58,147,976 |
759,353 |
| Surface Water Discharges |
230,981,831 |
11,745,602 |
69,949 |
| Underground Injection |
209,176,390 |
37,217,860 |
648,881 |
| Releases to Land |
2,580,922,497 |
15,143,955 |
0 |
| 2002 |
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| Total Air Emissions |
1,633,117,192 |
58,271,685 |
729,265 |
| Surface Water Discharges |
232,102,736 |
11,493,423 |
83,220 |
| Underground Injection |
216,189,022 |
32,430,596 |
436,087 |
| Releases to Land |
1,781,474,338 |
17,252,024 |
0 |
| 2003 |
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| Total Air Emissions |
1,585,120,194 |
54,911,708 |
817,060 |
| Surface Water Discharges |
222,488,944 |
11,265,133 |
115,316 |
| Underground Injection |
214,796,486 |
35,904,030 |
566,206 |
| Releases to Land |
1,494,316,581 |
17,870,783 |
0 |
| "0"
Indicates that either a "0" or a "NA" was reported. |
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| "▪" Indicates that the total annual amount
reported was less than 500 pounds, and facility does not manufacture, |
| process, or otherwise use more than 1
million pounds. May also indicated element was not required to be |
| reported for that year. |
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|
| Source:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Trends Report, 2000 Core Chemicals, All Industries, Release Year 2003,
data |
| set frozen on December 28, 2004 and released to the
public May 11, 2005, |
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|
| http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/trends.htm. |
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| HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCE EMERGENCY EVENTS SURVEILLANCE |
| (HSEES), 2001 — 2003 |
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|
United States |
Louisiana |
St. John the Baptist |
| # of Events |
not available |
2,241 |
24 |
| #
Events with Victims |
48 |
34 |
| %
with Victims |
2.1 |
1.0 |
| #
of Victims (including deaths) |
135 |
1 |
| #
Deaths |
4 |
1 |
| #
of Substances Released |
3,481 |
4 |
| Source:
DHH/OPH, Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, HSEES System
Reports. |
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