Sector: Industrial

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"The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) brings together health data and environmental data from national, state, and city sources and provides supporting information to make the data easier to understand. The Tracking Network has data and information on environments and hazards, health effects, and population health."

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A simple tool for quantifying the number of deaths and illnesses attributable to air pollution changes

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CASTNET is a national monitoring network established to assess trends in pollutant concentrations, atmospheric deposition, and ecological effects due to changes in air pollutant emissions.

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This resource provides access to data from the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, which provide self reported information on toxic chemical releases and pollution prevention activities from industrial and federal facilities. There are several types of information provided by the resource, including tools for tracking releases over time, exploring individual facility releases, summaries across sectors and locations, health impacts from TRI releases, and databases of chemical releases.

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This tool provides facility-level information about toxic substances made, used and disposed of in the United States for facilities that report to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory. It has data from the EPA’s TRI, Greenhouse Gas Reporting System (GHGRP) and Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) programs. Search for facilities by ZIP code, substance or parent company to learn how your community is affected.

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Provides free online access to currently available information about the sites that the Division of Air Quality regulates. The tool provides this information in a simple map format, and has the capability to query, create reports, overlay GIS layers, print maps and link to site-specific documents. Information is available about current or historical permits for individual facilities.

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This guide is designed with government agencies in mind, to help those who must manage the process where public participation is important for decision-making, while incorporating fair treatment, meaningful involvement and social inclusion of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or income.

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From the website: "Share real-time, accurate air quality data with your community through OpenMap to build trust, foster transparency, and drive meaningful environmental action. Empower your stakeholders with intuitive, localized insights to protect their health and keep them informed about their environment. By bridging the gap between your organization and the community, OpenMap transforms data into real-time air quality information and actionable knowledge.

OpenMap visualizes PM2.5 and NO2 Air Quality Index (AQI) data from Clarity's rigorously calibrated Node-S air quality sensors alongside government reference monitors."

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Primary compilation of EPA's emissions factor information. It contains emissions factors and process information for more than 200 air pollution source categories.

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Envirofacts is the EPA's primary "one-stop shop" for environmental data. It acts as a data warehouse that integrates information from dozens of different EPA regulatory databases into a single, searchable interface

Baltimore air pollution heatmap
Nitrogen dioxide pollution contributes to more than 1,300 new childhood asthma cases every year in Baltimore metro region.

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