title:
Wasting our waterways : toxic industrial pollution and the unfulfilled promise of the Clean Water Act
creator:
Dutzik, Tony.
contributor:
Crowell, Piper.; Rumpler, John.; Environment America Research & Policy Center.
publisher:
Environment America Research & Policy Center
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-08
date:
Record created: 2009-11-06
date:
2009
description:
Extent: 38 p. : ill., maps, digital, PDF file.
description:
Abstract: This report documents and analyzes the levels of pollutants discharged in to America's waters by compiling toxic chemical releases reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for 2007, the most recent data available. The report finds that industrial facilities dumped 232 million pounds of toxic chemicals into America's waterways and that toxic chemicals were discharged in 1,900 waterways across all 50 states. The report summarizes the discharge of cancer-causing chemicals, chemicals that persist in the environment, and chemicals with the potential to cause reproductive problems ranging from birth defects to reduced fertility. The report also provides recommendations to curb the toxic pollution threatening America's waterways.
subject:
Water--Pollution--Toxicology--United States
subject:
Water--Pollution--Health aspects--United States
relation:
OCLC No.: 463630825
relation:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
type:
PDF-1.6
source:
http://www.environmentamerica.org/uploads/e6/53/e6534339a34197ea1c06a80f2b2db277/Wasting-Our-Waterways-vAM.pdf
language:
eng
rights:
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identifier:
Wasting-Our-Waterways-vAM
