Scorecard
is an environmenal information service provided by the
environmental defense fund. The site allows you to map and
research toxic sites in your area, and contains numerous
links to other data about toxics.
Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI) is a chemical
refernce site that allows you to look up information
about toxic chemicals from four program
system components currently available in EPA's Envirofacts.
EMCI uses an internal identification system that is based on Chemical
Abstract Service (CAS) numbers and names as a cross reference to
link chemicals in AFS, PCS, RCRIS and TRIS.
The Right-to-Know Network
(Home of the Toxics Release Inventory)
provides free access to numerous databases,
text files, and conferences on the environment, housing,
and sustainable development. With the information available on RTK NET,
you can identify specific factories and their environmental effects;
analyze reinvestment by banks in their communities; and assess people and communities affected.
Click here for more info from EPA about the Toxics Release Inventory.
EPA's Cumulative Exposure Project (CEP) is
examining how much toxic contamination
Americans are exposed to cumulatively through
air, food, and drinking water. The study will
estimate exposure levels for different
communities and demographic groups
nationwide, and will help identify important
pollutants and sources for further analysis. The
Cumulative Exposure Project is being conducted
by EPA's Office of Policy.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the
Envirofacts
Warehouse to provide the public with direct access to the wealth of
information contained in its databases. The Envirofacts Warehouse
allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Air,
Chemicals, Facility Information, Grants/Funding, Hazardous Waste,
Risk Management Plans, Superfund, Toxic Releases, and Water Permits
and Drinking Water. You may retrieve information from several
databases at once, or from one database at a time. Online queries allow
you to retrieve data from these sources and create reports, or
you may generate maps of environmental information by selecting
from several mapping applications available through EPA's Maps On Demand.
California Air Resources Board
has some information on local air pollution and
is the major government agency in charge of achieving clean air standards for the
state of calfornia.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management Distrcit
is the regional,
government agency that
regulates sources of air pollution within the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties.
The BAAQMD is in charge of creating, and enforcing regulations for
major stationary sources of air pollution in the Bay Area such as
Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants. The BAAQMD also has an odor complaint
number which you can call: 1-800-334-ODOR
