An overview of the EPA's Toxin Release Inventory including its mission, history and a how to guide.

1. Toxic Release Inventory

2. Toxic Release Inventory
a.k.a. TRI
SuDoc: EP 5.22/2
https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program

3. Mission
“TRI is a resource for learning about toxic
release and pollution prevention activities
reported by industrial and federal
facilities. TRI data support decision-
making by communities, government
agencies, companies and others” (EPA,
2016).

4. History
1984: Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal, India.
1985: "Too Little Toxic-Waste Data,” N.Y. Times Editorial.
1986: Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act
Established TRI
1989: First TRI published data from 1987
1990: Pollution Prevention Act – Expanded TRI
1995: TRI online presence in EPA's Envirofacts data system
2009: Raw data first available
2010: First mobile app

5. https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-
program

6. Search Results

7. http://www.toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/faq/2009/08/what-is-the-toxics-release-
inventory-tri.html

8. Blue is worse than green.
Gray = little data.

9. Finding Aids
Interactive Map
Tutorials
Blog/Discussion Board
YouTube
Email

10. Help on Using TRI

11. Dictionary

12. MyRTK

13. References
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of
1986. EPA. (2016). Toxin Release Inventory. Retrieved from
https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program on
March 30, 2016.
Pollution Protection Act of 1990. P/L/ 101-508. Retrieved from
http://epw.senate.gove/PPA90.pdf on April 4, 2016.
Sarokin, D. J., and W. R. Muir. (Oct. 7, 1985). "Too Little Toxic-
Waste Data." New York Times. Academic OneFile. Apr. 3, 2016.
Swenson, S. (April 4, 2016). Email on TRI’s first website.
U.S. National Library of Health. (2016). TOXMAP Retrieved from
http://www.toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/faq/2009/08/what-is-the-
toxics-release-inventory-tri.html on April 3. 2016.