And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Earth Day expansion of www.scorecard.org Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 22:47:55 GMT Dear Scorecard User: In conjunction with Earth Day 1999, www.scorecard.org has brought online a variety of new and expanded features to characterize environmental quality in your community. Combining cutting-edge information and technology, Scorecard makes it simpler and easier than ever to find out what the health risks are from air pollution in your area, and to take action.. What's HOT!! HOW HIGH IS THE CANCER RISK FROM AIR POLLUTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY?? http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/hap// Government estimates of toxic chemical concentrations in local air indicate that most Americans - over 220 million people -- live in neighborhoods where the additional cancer risk from toxic chemicals in outdoor air is more than 100 times higher than the goal set by Congress a decade ago. For 11 million Americans, according to the new estimates, cancer risk from their neighborhood air is more than 1,000 times higher than Congress' goal. Scorecard's new Hazardous Air Pollutants section provides detailed profiles of the health risks in your community.. Cars, trucks, and small businesses are responsible for most of the health risks associated with poor air quality. Of the air cancer risk estimated for the US as a whole, 60% is from mobile sources and 26% from small-business area sources, with the remaining 14% from industrial point sources. A very small set of chemicals and chemical categories account for the majority of health risks associated with hazardous air pollutants, according to Scorecard's analysis. Nationally, just six pollutants account for over 90% of the estimated lifetime cancer risk associated with outdoor hazardous air pollutant exposures. Just two pollutants were the main contributors to noncancer hazards. IS THE CLEAN AIR ACT PROTECTING YOU?? http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/cap// Over 100 million people live in counties with unhealthy air due to common pollutants like ozone or particulate matter. Scorecard's new Criteria Air Pollutants section identifies these areas, describes the health risks this pollution can cause and spotlights the major emission sources. Examining these "criteria pollutants" that have been the main focus of air quality regulation, the message is the same: mobile and area sources are responsible for the vast majority of national releases of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds. SCORECARD'S NEW COMMUNITY CENTER OFFERS ONE-STOP SUMMARY ABOUT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSS Enter your zip code to find your community's homepage, and get a super-summary of Scorecard's environmental profiles for your area and immediate access to action tools to do something about local pollution problems. Our new community page provides quick answers to basic questions about environmental quality, and offers an "Enviroguide" which leads you directly to other online sources of environmental information about your community. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT - VOLUNTEER WITH A GROUP NEAR YOUU Scorecard is partnering with VolunteerMatch to help our users get involved locally in solving environmental problems. You can now find out about volunteer opportunities with environmental organizations in your community from any Scorecard report. The VolunteerMatch service lets you specify how far you want to travel and how often you want to offer your support. If there are no opportunities in your immediate area, VolunteerMatch can connect you to virtual opportunities where you can help online. Organizations listed in Scorecard's Environmental Directory can also easily recruit volunteers using this service. SCORECARD'S NEW EXPERIMENTAL MAPPERR Scorecard is developing a new dynamic mapping system to improve our ability to distribute information about local environmental quality. Our current version is definitely a "beta" version - but we think it provides an exciting new means to explore Scorecard's data graphically. Pass your cursor over the map and see how the data changes for different geographic areas. You can zoom out to compare data between counties or states, or zoom in to compare neighborhoods at the census tract level. We hope the mapper will make Scorecard's complicated environmental data more accessible by allowing users to visualize rankings or attributes. We are working to extend the new mapper to all environmental issues covered by Scorecard, and expect to be mapping criteria air pollution and Toxics Release Inventory data very soon. Where can I find this mapper? Links to the mapper are currently only provided on hazardous air pollutant reports at the county level. To get to your county report, Find Your Community and select "Learn more about hazardous air pollutants." Or use our search engine to find the hazardous air pollutants report for your county. Once you are on a county hazardous air pollutants report, click on your county's name in the Maps section. We invite you to visit the Scorecard site and encourage your comments! Keep an eye out for future Scorecard enhancements including mapping of hazardous waste sites, drinking water quality, and ecological issues. Thanks for your interest Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
