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 Pollutants discharging into the air we breathe In Canada, the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is the only legislated, nation-wide, publicly accessible pollutant inventory. There were 268 substances listed in the NPRI for the 2000 reporting year; 55 substances are designated toxic by the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The National Pollutant Release Inventory has been published annually since the program's inception in 1992. To view the National Pollutant Release Inventory web site go to: www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri. The NPRI is based upon the U.S. Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The TRI was established by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, it was expanded to include more data by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Currently, there are approximately 650 pollutants and pollutant categories in various industrial sectors and federal facilities tracked by the TRI. To view the Toxic Release Inventory web site go to: www.epa.gov/tri. The goals of both the NPRI and the TRI are to empower citizens, through information, to hold companies and governments accountable in terms of the management of pollutants. The active dissemination of the contents of these inventories to the public is vitally important for the efficacy of the inventory process. Our most recent report, published in May 2002, is the fifth review of NPRI data published by the Citizens Environment Alliance (CEA) and the first to combine NPRI data for Essex County with TRI data from Wayne County. Three primary sources of information were used to complete the report: Taking Stock '98 - North American Pollutant Releases and Transfers; the Toxic Release Inventory Database of 1999, and; the National Pollutant Release Inventory database of 2000. These sources were the most up-to-date inventories available when our analyses began in January 2002. Toxic Inventory Reports |
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