Chloroform in Outdoor Air by County, New Jersey, 2020
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Chloroform in Outdoor Air by County, New Jersey, 2020






Why Is This Important?
Most of the chloroform in the environment is man-made; it is used to make coolants, as a fumigant for grain, and as a dry cleaning spot remover. Other sources of chloroform emissions include: pharmaceutical manufacturing, cooling towers, the bleaching of pulp at pulp and paper mills with chlorine, bleach used for domestic cleaning and laundry, combustion of gasoline, and air stripping towers.
Low-level exposure to chloroform could result in dizziness, tiredness and headache. Exposure to higher concentrations is suspected to cause liver and kidney tumors. Chloroform is classified as a possible human carcinogen.
Definition
Mean of modeled annual average chloroform concentration for a county
Data Source
USEPA Air Toxics Screening Assessment and NJDEP Division of Air Quality(https://www.epa.gov/AirToxScreen)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Modeled mean chloroform concentration in micrograms per cubic meterDenominator:
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