Find Water Polluters Near You - NY Times Mashup

Recently the NY Times put together the data from 200,000 legally licensed water polluting facilities in the U.S. with Google Maps for an outstanding right-to-know project.

They say, "Across the nation, the system that Congress created to protect the nation’s waters under the Clean Water Act of 1972 today often fails to prevent pollution. The New York Times has compiled data on more than 200,000 facilities that have permits to discharge pollutants and collected responses from states regarding compliance."

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Toxic Chemical Pollution Maps News, Updates & Resources

At MapCruzin.com we've been creating interactive toxic chemical facility pollution maps since 1996. Our first project was the Santa Cruz Toxic Release Inventory. This was the first U.S. based interactive toxic chemical pollution website on the internet. We soon followed this work with the creation of the interactive maps for Environmental Defense Fund's Scorecard Project.

Our latest project is ToxicRisk.com. Latest Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data and school locations are layered upon a Google Maps base. Visitors can determine chemicals released, their health effects and risks, and the proximity of local schools. The number of schools within 1 mile and 5 miles is given for each facility.

Pollution Map News, Resources, Data and Tools

Here we'll be posting news and updates to our website, PollutionMaps.com. We will be bringing you the latest toxic chemical pollution maps from around the world. We'll point you towards useful and recently released data. Also, we'll have GIS tools, programs, resources and shapefiles that you may use in your projects.

Toxic Chemical Pollution Maps, News & Resources