2009 Toxic Chemical Releases Shows Reduction in the EPA Analysis Report – TRI

• Date: December 28, 2010
• Source: Admin

Vital community information will be provided shortly with the release of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). Information on the disposal and release of toxic chemical into the air, land and water, and on waste management and pollution prevention activities in neighborhoods across America is published by the TRI program. The report claims that there has been a 12% decrease in the release of toxic chemicals into the environment from 2008, with the 2009 figures being 3.37 billion pounds.