Danger zone: Indiana produces 6th most toxic chemicals in USA

Photo: Indiana residents care more about the environment than you might think, a new poll suggests. Top among their concerns are improving air quality, cleaning up polluted waterways, protecting wildlife and reversing climate change. Dwight Adams/IndyStar (Photo: Priceonomics / Ode to Clean)

Indiana released a chemical soup of toxins into the environment last year — 133 million pounds of them, to be exact. The amount is the equivalent weight of roughly 950,000 American adults, or the population of Marion County, and made Indiana sixth in the country in terms of toxic release.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires large industrial facilities to report their toxic releases into the environment every year. Priceonomics, a group that analyzes and shares data, worked with one of their customers to examine the EPA’s Toxic Releases Inventory and its recently added 2016 data. That customer, Ode, creates environmentally conscious cleaning products.

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With a handful of the nation’s most toxin-producing companies in Hoosiers’ backyards, it may come as no surprise that Indiana and several of its cities and counties near the tops of lists for their chemical releases. Here’s what you need to know: • Indiana released more toxic chemicals into the environment in […]

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