The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "Toxic Release Inventory" ...
-
Chronic Polluters, Tainted Water
"Nearly half of the Connecticut companies that discharge chemical-laden wastewater directly into rivers are doing so with expired permits.In some cases, they lapsed 10 years ago.The companies can legally continue to dump while applying for new permits, but the backlog means they're discharging under old toxin limits with no adjustment for diminishing water quality."
Tags: toxic; water; pollution; rivers; wastewater; permits; renewal; EPA; Clean Water Act; chemical waste; Toxic Release Inventory
-
Report Lists State's Toxic - Waste Figures
According to the Toxic - Release Inventory, Ohio is the fifth most polluted state in America. Toxic pollution levels actually went up in some counties from 1989 to 1990. In some cases, residents say the pollution is so bad they sometimes don't leave their houses. Other residents blame the pollution for the higher rate of respiratory problems and illness in their children. But in Marysville, where the pollution is at its worst, people don't often complain about it. The reporters speculate that this is because the pollution is caused by Honda of America, which brought thousands of jobs to central Ohio in the early 1980s.
Tags: industrial pollution; chemicals; Toxic Release Inventory; Clean Air Act; EPA. BP Chemicals America
-
Industries clean up act -- and OC
The Orange County Register analyzed EPA records for 221 businesses to find an overall decrease in toxic pollution, though emission of one particular suspected carcinogen increased. Lists the newspaper compiled show the biggest toxic sources in California, a ranking of toxic emissions by zip code, and the biggest toxic sources in Orange County. One story in the package discusses the limitations to the federal law that requires businesses that use one of 310 toxic chemicals to report any releases.
Tags: toxic pollution; Toxic release inventory; environment; toxic chemicals; Environmental Protection Agency
-
362 Million Pounds of Trouble
Analysis shows that about one-quarter of the state of Ohio's waste in 1989 included toxic chemicals that are known or suspected to cause cancer and birth defects. That's the equivalent of seven and a half pounds for every man, woman, and child in the state. Steel Mills are among the state's biggest generators of toxic waste. Ohio's industries generated 362 million pounds of toxic waste, a figure that should rank Ohio as one of the most polluted states in the nation.
Tags: B.P. Chemicals America Inc.; TRI; toxic waste; toxic chemicals; Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; Toxic Release Inventory; benzene; steel-making; leukemia; cancer; Armco; birth defects; Clean Air Act; Ammonium sulfate; manganese compounds; hydrochloric acid; ammonia; xylene; zinc compounds; sulfuric acid; acetone; trichloroethane; toluene
-
The Mining of the West
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports on how the 1872 General Mining Law has allowed multinational companies to take billions in gold and other precious metals from public lands in the West. "They are grinding mountains into rubble, dousing the piles of rock with cyanide, paying no royalties into federal coffers for the privilege, and often leaving behind scarred land, tainted water and huge cleanup bills," the stories reveal. The findings include that more than 16,000 miles of waterways have been polluted across the West, and that environmental damage on federal lands would cost $72 billion to fix. The formidable lobbying power of the mining industry has so far prevented the lawmakers from amending the antiquated law.
Tags: EPA Toxic Release Inventory; environmental protection; engineering; U.S. Forest Service; lobbying; money and politics
-
Silicon Hell: High Tech's Toxic Toll
San Francisco Bay Guardian looks at the the health problems of workers in the computer industry. Reveals large computer companies are contaminating soil, air and water with hazardous chemicals.
Tags: computers; pollution; chemicals; factory workers; semi-conductors; OSHA; EPA Toxic Release Inventory Data; Hazardous Substance Database abstracts; San Jose sewage treatment plant records; brain cancer; California Health Department
-
"State's No. 1 Polluter"
This report details how one notorious steel mill contributed to northwest Indiana's status as one of the most polluted areas of the country. Profiles of local residents and factory workers provide insight.
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Toxic Release Inventory (TRI); steel mills; toxic chemicals; pollution; cleanup; environmental racism; Clean Air Act
-
No title (id: 13735)
WXII-TV revealed the identities of the largest industrial polluters in the area. The investigation looked solely at toxic air emissions since chemical releases into waterways doesn't occur to as large a degree in the area. The report also included the health risks associated with these chemical emissions. (November 4 & 5, 1996)
-
Toxic Pollution From Maryland Manufacturers
This package of five stories examined five years of the most recent data available from the Environmental Protection Agency to determine if toxic pollution released by Maryland manufacturers has declined in recent years; it has, by about 43 percent. The computer-assisted analysis of the Toxic Release Inventory also revealed that Maryland's biggest polluter was Westvaco, a paper manufacturer based in Allegany County. The series also pinpointed Baltimore and its surrounding counties as the region with the most industrial pollution in Maryland.
Tags: CAR; Toxic pollution; Maryland manufacturers; EPA; Toxic Release Inventory; Contest entry; Student entry
-
No title (id: 9890)
The Times (Munster, Ind.) thoroughly investigates a company which blends hazardous wastes for incineration in cement kilnes; finds a history of hazardous working conditions, payoffs, altered chemical records, chemical gas releases and past ties to organized crime, Sept. 22, 1993.
Tags: IN Lazarus Pollution Control Industries Toxic Release Inventory 36 pages