Toxic 100 polluters:Koch Industries ranks 10th: (county, elect, program, states)

[dreamofmonterey]

Regardless of which side you will vote for, this news is certainly disturbing.

The public has a right to know, since all of these toxins are known carcinogens.

PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters

“The Toxic 100 Air Polluters informs consumers and shareholders which large corporations release the most toxic pollutants into our air,” said Professor James Boyce, co-director of PERI's Corporate Toxics Information Project. “We assess not just how many pounds of pollutants are released, but which are the most toxic and how many people are at risk. People have a right to know about toxic hazards to which they are exposed. Legislators need to understand the effects of pollution on their constituents.”
The Toxic 100 Air Polluters index is based on air releases of hundreds of chemicals from industrial facilities across the United States. The rankings take into account not only the quantity of releases, but also the toxicity of chemicals, transport factors such as prevailing winds and height of smokestacks, and the number of people exposed.
The top five air polluters among large corporations are the Bayer Group, ExxonMobil, Sunoco, DuPont, and Arcelor Mittal. The Toxic 100 Air Polluters rankings have been expanded to include large privately held firms, such as number 10 Koch Industries, as well as the world’s largest publicly traded corporations.

The EPA's inhalation relative toxicity weights are summarized in the table that can be accessed by clicking below. The data in the table are organized as follows:
Column 1: Name and CAS number of chemical
Column 2: Carcinogenic (cancer-causing) classification
Column 3: Relative inhalation toxicity.
To view this table, download this Excel file.

[HappyTexan]

The EPA is busy shutting down plants in Texas. Maybe they'll get right on that after Texans have no electricity left.

[dreamofmonterey]

Frankly, jobs dont matter if you get fatal cancerous tumors from some of these chemicals. I had posted on Eastman chemical before, but someone asked me why I would "criticize my 401k investment", lol.

Sometimes facts take precedence over profit.

I was looking this up initially:
Eastman Chemical – a major polluter in Tennessee | No WhiteWash!

Sullivan County, TN is a major source of pollution in Tennessee. The major polluter is Eastman and you can see the detail for the major polluters for Sullivan County by going to the link Toxic Release Inventory at the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Note the emissions for Eastman for the three areas listed below. Based on the TRI report, I now have a better understanding on why Kingsport smells the way it does.

1. Fugitive Air Emissions
   Fugitive air emissions are all releases to air that are not released through a confined air stream. Fugitive emissions include equipment leaks, evaporative losses from surface impoundments and spills, and releases from building ventilation systems. Data from Section 5.1 on the TRI Form R.
2. Stack or Point Source Air Emissions
   Stack or point source air emissions occur through confined air streams such as stack, vents, ducts, or pipes. Data from Section 5.2 on the TRI Form R.
3. Surface Water Discharges Releases to water include discharges to streams, rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water. This includes releases from confined sources, such as industrial process outflow pipes or open trenches. Releases due to runoff, including stormwater runoff are also reportable to TRI under this category. Data from Section 5.3 on the TRI Form R.

People still swim and eat fish from the Holston River.