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Alameda County, California: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Alameda County is 114.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Stomach deaths at 1.2 times the U.S. rate and Liver & bile duct deaths at 1.1 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 6,762 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Small hazardous waste generator (2,433), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (1,666), Large hazardous waste generator (586). 6 correctional facilities operate in the county. EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 37.68, -121.8648.

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Alameda County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Stomach	Deaths	3.3	2.7	1.22xSignificant	3 to 3.7	2020-2024
Thyroid	Deaths	0.6	0.5	1.2x	0.4 to 0.7	2020-2024
Stomach	New cases	7.6	6.6	1.15xSignificant	7.1 to 8.2	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.2	6.6	1.09xSignificant	6.7 to 7.7	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	9.2	8.7	1.06x	8.6 to 9.8	2019-2023
Childhood cancer (under 15)	New cases	16.4	16.4	1x	14.3 to 18.7	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	18.3	18.5	0.99x	17.4 to 19.2	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.6	4.8	0.96x	4.2 to 5.1	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	12.7	13.9	0.91x	12 to 13.5	2019-2023
Childhood cancer (under 15)	Deaths	1.7	1.9	0.89x	1.1 to 2.6	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	20.5	23.8	0.86x	19.6 to 21.4	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	385.8	453.4	0.85x	381.8 to 389.8	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	12.1	14.5	0.83x	11.4 to 12.8	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	9.4	11.3	0.83x	8.8 to 10.1	2020-2024
Thyroid	New cases	10.8	13	0.83x	10.1 to 11.5	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	114.6	143.2	0.8x	112.4 to 116.8	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	3.5	4.4	0.8x	3.2 to 3.9	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	4.9	6.2	0.79x	4.4 to 5.3	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	4.5	5.7	0.79x	4.1 to 4.9	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	2.5	3.4	0.74x	2.2 to 2.9	2020-2024
Bladder	New cases	13.7	18.7	0.73x	13 to 14.5	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	Deaths	1.4	2	0.7x	1.1 to 1.6	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	12.5	17.9	0.7x	11.8 to 13.3	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	35.9	51.8	0.69x	34.7 to 37.1	2019-2023
Bladder	Deaths	2.8	4.1	0.68x	2.4 to 3.1	2020-2024
Esophagus	New cases	3	4.6	0.65x	2.7 to 3.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	19.6	30.2	0.65x	18.7 to 20.5	2020-2024
Esophagus	Deaths	2.3	3.7	0.62x	2 to 2.7	2020-2024

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Alameda County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	5,217.2	9,842.6	-47%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	82	75.3	+9%	years
Child mortality	33.4	59.8	-44%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	3.5	6.2	-44%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	51.6	96.9	-47%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	19.9	28.6	-30%	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde17.69 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.96 per million
Benzene1.9 per million
Acetaldehyde1.82 per million

EPA Air Quality Index 2024

Monitored on 366 days: 194 good, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse. Median AQI 49, peak 105.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

6,762 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

Small hazardous waste generator2,433
NPDES wastewater discharge permit1,666
Large hazardous waste generator586
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)348
Rail grade crossing347
Gas station (mapped facility)330
Hazardous waste transporter295
Industrial wastewater discharge252
Brownfield property143
Air permit holder (minor source)84
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)75
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)56
TRI reporting facility36
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)21
Major air pollution source16
Gas power plant10
EPA air quality monitor8
Large greenhouse gas emitter7
Heliport7
Landfill (mapped facility)7
Correctional facility (prison or jail)6
Biomass power plant4
Solar power plant4
Wind power plant4
Scrapyard (mapped facility)4
Superfund (NPL) site4
Commercial airport3
Crematorium (mapped facility)3
Public airport1
Battery storage plant1
Oil-fired power plant1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Tesla, Inc., Fremont
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $275,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000482898 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 10
AMCO Chemical, Oakland
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 50. NPL Site.
EPA site ID CA0001576081 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 50. NPL Site.
EPA site ID CA2170023236 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (USDOE), Livermore
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 42.2. NPL Site.
EPA site ID CA2890012584 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Site 300) (USDOE), Livermore
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 31.6. NPL Site.
EPA site ID CA2890090002 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Tesla Inc, Fremont
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, n-Butyl alcohol, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 782,447 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 94538NWNTD45500 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 9
Tesla Inc., Fremont
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper, Nickel compounds, Manganese compounds, Cobalt compounds and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. Reports PFAS. 1,663 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 9453WSLYND477KA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.5
Mission Valley Rock Co, Sunol
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $17,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070466751 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.4
Evergreen Oil Inc, Newark
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $346,400.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009544868 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.1
Pentagon Technologies Inc, Hayward
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000781173 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Tesla, Inc., Fremont
Major air pollution source. Penalties $275,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000482898 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Oakland Power Plant, Oakland
Major air pollution source. Penalties $238,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000786169 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Altamont Landfill And Resource Recovery Facility, Livermore
Major air pollution source. Penalties $270,071.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000831404 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Ameresco Vasco Road Llc, Livermore
Major air pollution source. Penalties $8,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009544671 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
University Of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
Major air pollution source. Penalties $27,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022319864 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Ebmud - Main Wwtp, Oakland
Major air pollution source. Penalties $20,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055987491 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Ab&I Foundry, Oakland
Major air pollution source. Penalties $287,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070790129 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.5
Rohm & Haas Chemicals Llc, Hayward
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Methyl methacrylate, Acrylonitrile, Ammonia, Ethyl acrylate and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 5,527 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 94545RHMND25500 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.4
Western Digital Technologies - Fremont, Fremont
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 383,933 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 94539RDRTC44100 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.3
Commercial Pattern Inc, Hayward
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Styrene. Reports carcinogens. 2,560 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 94545CMMRC3162B (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.1
Pacific Galvanizing, Oakland
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110001154410 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.1
Us Pipe & Foundry Co Llc, Union City
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 2,153 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 94587NTDST1295W (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.1
Applied Biosystems Llc, Pleasanton
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Dichloromethane, Acetonitrile. Reports carcinogens. 1,859 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 94566PPLDB655SU (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7
Tesla, Inc., Fremont
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $275,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000482898 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Tesla, Inc., Fremont
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $275,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000482898 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

Alameda County Santa Rita Jail, Dublin
EPA FRS registry ID
110002431226
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
U S Doj Federal Correction Institution, Dublin
EPA FRS registry ID
110002625945
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Maxor Correctional Pharmacy Services, Dublin
EPA FRS registry ID
110070420493
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Maxor Pharmacy Glenn Dyer Detention Facility, Oakland
EPA FRS registry ID
110070426031
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Ucsf Benioff Children'S Hospital Oakland- Juvenile Justice Center, San Leandro
EPA FRS registry ID
110071267837
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report
Kiewit Upper Dmc Suvsidence Capacity Correction, Byron
EPA FRS registry ID
xe4c801f0fe5c55006d0cfe7df7441750
Wastewater permit
None on record
EPA detailed facility report

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Alameda County

California state cancer registry
Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Alameda County, and their findings.
California vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
California health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
California environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office
Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.
California drinking water program
Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.
Department of corrections or county sheriff
Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

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