M3.4 Air Pollution

Who and what are the top polluters in your zip code? Your Zip Code: 94015 Your Community: SAN MATEO County Who Is Polluting Your Community? Reported Environmental Releases from TRI Sources in 2002 Rank Facility City Pounds 1 TYCO THERMAL CONTROLS L.L.C. REDWOOD CITY 11,760 2 SOUTH BAY MARBLE INC. SAN CARLOS 8,638 3 PETERSON PRODS. BELMONT 7,884 4 DISCOVERY PARTNERS INTL. CHEMRX DIV. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 5,670 5 EQUILON SAN FRANCISCO TERMINAL SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 5,310 6 APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS FOSTER CITY 2,556 7 ROMIC ENVIRONMENTAL TECHS. CORP. EAST PALO ALTO 2,057 8 SIMPSON COATINGS GROUP INC. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 2,040 9 APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS FOSTER CITY 1,802 10 KELLY-MOORE PAINT CO. INC. SAN CARLOS 1,001 11 TYCO ELECTRONICS CORP. MENLO PARK 550 12 ALZA CORP. - EVRA SITE REDWOOD CITY 500 13 BASIC CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS REDWOOD CITY 255 14 COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDS. EIMAC DIV. SAN CARLOS 80 15 U.S. DOE STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER MENLO PARK 18 16 ACTERON CORP. SAN CARLOS 10 17 COASTAL CIRCUITS INC. REDWOOD CITY 5 18 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRON DEVICE DIV. SAN CARLOS 4 19 TYCO ELECTRONICS CORP. WIRE & CABLE DIV. REDWOOD CITY 2 20 MENTZER ELECTRONICS BURLINGAME 0 What percent of the homes in your zipcode have lead-based paint? Lead Hazard Indicators and Comparative Rankings  Counties in US with Low Hazard Indicator Percentile Counties in US with High Hazard Indicator 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Number of housing units with a high risk of lead hazards: 2,800 Percent of housing units with a high risk of lead hazards: 1% Number of housing units built before 1950: 56,000 Number of housing units with low income: 13,000 Percent of housing units with low income: 5% Number of children under 5 living below poverty: 4,400 Percent of children under 5 below poverty: 10% Are there Superfund sites in your zip?  (In your BLOG, make sure to tell us what a Superfund Site is) Worst Toxic Waste Sites (Superfund Sites) No waste sites in SAN MATEO County are on EPA's National Priority List of Superfund sites ·      Your Zip Code: 94112 Your Community: SAN FRANCISCO County Who Is Polluting Your Community? Superfund Sites in Your Community 1 TREASURE ISLAND NAVAL STATION-HUNTERS POINT ANNEX ·    This is where low-income and Veterans with insufficient housing are housed. This is an example of environmental injustice. What did you learn about the air quality in your zipcode? Air Quality Rankings: Health Risks, Exposure, and Emissions Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Carbon Monoxide emissions: Nitrogen Oxides emissions: PM-2.5 emissions: PM-10 emissions: Sulfur Dioxide emissions: Volatile Organic Compound emissions: Air Quality Index: Ozone 1-hour average concentration: Ozone 8-hour average concentration: PM-2.5 24-hour average concentration: PM-10 24-hour average concentration: In 1999, this county ranked among the dirtiest/worst 10% of all counties in the U.S. in terms of pm-2.5 emissions. I didn't realize how poor our air quality is. In fact, I thought it was better than Manila, where  I was born. How about the water quality? Clean Water Act Comparative Ranking Cleanest/Best Counties National Average Dirtiest/Worst Counties 0% 50% 100% Percentage of Surface Waters with Impaired or Threatened Uses (state + EPA data): Number of Impaired Waterbodies (as reported by the state): How did your zipcode fair on a social justice / environmental justice basis? Daly City is considered a middle-class suburb town and compared to some neighborhoods in big cities such as San Francisco and San Jose, Daly City is relatively socially and environmentally clean and safe.