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1. What is a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)?
PRTRs provide annual data on the amounts of pollutants released from a facility to the air, water and land and injected underground, as well as transferred off-site for recycling, treatment or disposal.
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2. Do PRTR data cover all types of pollutants and all sources of pollution?
Because of national PRTR reporting requirements, including thresholds for pollutants and facilities, only a portion of all industrial pollution is being captured. Also, industrial facilities are not the only sources of pollution in North America.
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3. What is the value of PRTR data (and the NAPRTR Project)?
By tracking information on releases and transfers of individual pollutants, PRTR data are an important tool that can help industry, governments, communities and non-governmental organizations identify pollution prevention and reduction opportunities. Read more
4. How can we know if the amounts reported pose a risk to human health and the environment?
Substances released or transferred by industrial facilities have physical and chemical characteristics that influence their ultimate disposition and consequences for human and ecological health. Read more
5. Do the data tell us which country is more polluted and if the situation in North America is getting better or worse?
PRTR data provide important, but not all, information about pollution in North America.
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6. How do PRTR data relate to specific environmental and human health problems?
Many of the substances reported by industrial facilities across North America relate to specific problems including Toxicity; Smog; Climate Change; Safe Drinking Water; Long-Range Pollution; and Thinning of the Ozone Layer.
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