EPA releases 2008 air pollution data–early
source: http://trueslant.com/jeffmcmahon/2009/08/18/epa-releases-2008-pollution-data-early/
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Jeff McMahon writes...
"Every July the EPA collects reports on releases of 650 toxic chemicals from more than 23,000 industrial sites throughout the United States. The agency usually releases the data in a comprehensive report each December, but as part of EPA’s new openness policy the agency released the raw data today.
For Americans this means that starting today, you can visit the website of the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, search by state or zip code, and find out what you were inhaling last year. As I write this, the TRI server that lets you search by zip code is either overloaded or down, but Windows users can download data files by state on this page.
The rawness of the data means some may be missing or innacurate, and the EPA plans to update the files again next month and complete its report as usual in December. Meanwhile, here’s the kind of information you can discern:..." more at the link.
"Every July the EPA collects reports on releases of 650 toxic chemicals from more than 23,000 industrial sites throughout the United States. The agency usually releases the data in a comprehensive report each December, but as part of EPA’s new openness policy the agency released the raw data today.
For Americans this means that starting today, you can visit the website of the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, search by state or zip code, and find out what you were inhaling last year. As I write this, the TRI server that lets you search by zip code is either overloaded or down, but Windows users can download data files by state on this page.
The rawness of the data means some may be missing or innacurate, and the EPA plans to update the files again next month and complete its report as usual in December. Meanwhile, here’s the kind of information you can discern:..." more at the link.
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