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Brantley County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Brantley County is 195.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.6 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 133 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (57), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (45), Industrial wastewater discharge (12). 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: 31.1878, -82.0205.

How this county ranks in Georgia

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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 Brantley County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	93.4	51.8	1.8xSignificant	77.2 to 112.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	49.4	30.2	1.64xSignificant	38 to 63.6	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	195.6	143.2	1.37xSignificant	170.6 to 223.4	2020-2024
Thyroid	New cases	15.7	13	1.21x	8.7 to 26.1	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	21.7	18.7	1.16x	14 to 32.5	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	503.5	453.4	1.11xSignificant	462.6 to 547.4	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	19.7	17.9	1.1x	11.9 to 30.9	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	22.8	23.8	0.96x	14 to 35	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	12.8	18.5	0.69x	7.6 to 21	2019-2023

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 Brantley County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	14,471.8	9,842.6	+47%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	71.5	75.3	-5%	years
Child mortality	53	59.8	-11%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	n/a	6.2	n/a	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	97.3	96.9	+0%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	36	28.6	+26%	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.

Formaldehyde19.03 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
Acetaldehyde1.89 per million
Pahpom0.6 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing57
NPDES wastewater discharge permit45
Industrial wastewater discharge12
Gas station (mapped facility)9
Air permit holder (minor source)3
Major air pollution source2
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)2
Public airport1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1
TRI reporting facility1

Highest-severity records

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

Archer Forest Products Llc, Nahunta
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Methanol, Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde. Reports carcinogens. 14,786 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3155WRCHRF15333 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.7
Varn Wood Preserving Llc, Hoboken
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000360724 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Mission Mine, Nahunta
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Manganese compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds. 11,600 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3155WMSSNMTYLER (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.1
Varn Wood Preserving Llc, Hoboken
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000360724 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Mission Mine, Nahunta
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071044804 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.7
Sega Biofuels, Llc, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070022014 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Mobile Concrete, Inc. - Nahunta Plant, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070029672 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Nahunta Pellets, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070694480 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Full Circle Lithium, Llc, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071380859 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Sega Biofuels, Nahunta
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110045434197 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Nahunta, City Of (Nahunta Wpcp), Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064626454 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Southern Ionics Minerals, Llc (Mission Mine South - Indian Boundary Mine), Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070251668 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Brantley County, Nahunta
Public airport. O.
Record ID 4J1 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Brantley County / Smyrna Church Rd Landfill, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013933388 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Southern Ionics Mission Mine South, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041378390 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Humpty Dumpty Hotel (Brantley County), Hoboken
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070019422 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Brantley Co - Smyrna Landfill, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070022230 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Raybon Road East (Brantley), Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070023432 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mission Mine, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070025693 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Golden Isles Speedway Dragstrip, Brunswick
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070027350 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Camden County Sr110 Surface Mine & Borrow Area 1, Waynesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070675261 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Family Dollar - Waynesville, Waynesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070740979 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Little Buffalo Creek Road, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070877404 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pi#0013713, Brantley County, Hoboken
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071144845 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hoboken - Nahunta Tl P79353, Nahunta
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071158714 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5

Correctional facilities

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

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Brantley County

Georgia 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 Brantley County, and their findings.
Georgia vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Georgia health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Georgia 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.
Georgia 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.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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