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Hardin County, Illinois: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Hardin County is 240.9 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 2 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 63 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (22), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (16), Air permit holder (minor source) (12). One correctional facility operates 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: 37.5013, -88.2379.

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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 Hardin County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Lung & bronchusDeaths61.330.22.03xSignificant37.9 to 99.32020-2024
Lung & bronchusNew cases97.851.81.89xSignificant66.4 to 143.42019-2023
All cancerDeaths240.9143.21.68xSignificant186.9 to 3092020-2024
All cancerNew cases493.4453.41.09x410.7 to 590.42019-2023

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 Hardin County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death12,840.19,842.6+30%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy71.675.3-5%years
Child mortalityn/a59.8n/adeaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths101.196.9+4%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths 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.

  • Formaldehyde20.68 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.96 per million
  • Acetaldehyde2.12 per million
  • Benzene0.73 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • Industrial wastewater discharge22
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit16
  • Air permit holder (minor source)12
  • Gas station (mapped facility)4
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)3
  • Wastewater plant (mapped facility)2
  • Major air pollution source1
  • Public airport1
  • Correctional facility (prison or jail)1
  • Scrapyard (mapped facility)1

Highest-severity records

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

  1. Amrize South Central Inc., Cave In Rock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007261382 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  2. Minerva Mine #1 And Mill, Cave In Rock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009989600 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  3. Hardin County Work Camp Stp, Cave-In-Rock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006679157 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  4. Amrize South Central Inc., Cave In Rock

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007261382 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4

  5. Prince Minerals Inc, Rosiclare

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110018269933 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  6. Amrize South Central Inc, Rosiclare

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007277767 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.3

  7. Hardin County Work Camp Stp, Cave-In-Rock

    Correctional facility (prison or jail).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006679157 (U.S. EPA ECHO + SDWIS) Agency record

    Severity 3

  8. Prince Minerals Inc, Rosiclare

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110018269933 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3

  9. Amrize South Central Inc, Rosiclare

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007277767 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.8

  10. Hastie Mine, Rosiclare

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007277794 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2.5

  11. Hastie Mine, Rosiclare

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007277794 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  12. Cave In Rock Stp, Cave In Rock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009985114 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  13. Illinois American Water - Rosiclare Stp, Rosiclare

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009987568 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  14. Responsible Energy Operations Llc, Elizabethtown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070221553 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 2

  15. Wastewater Plant

    Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/1377050436 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  16. Wastewater Plant

    Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/837296191 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  17. Elizabethtown Stp, Village Of, Elizabethtown

    Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit IL0074250: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 1.8

  18. Elizabethtown Stp, Village Of, Elizabethtown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009737133 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.8

  19. Mcdowell Enterprises, Inc., Elizabethtown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010013332 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  20. Hastie Trucking, Cave In Rock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010013813 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  21. City Of Rosiclare, Rosiclare

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110018356633 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  22. Village Of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110018358962 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Village Of Cave In Rock, Cave In Rock

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110055112818 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Rosiclare Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Rosiclare

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071867165 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Southern Fs Inc, Cave In Rock

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110007068038 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1

Correctional facilities

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

  • Hardin County Work Camp Stp, Cave-In-Rock

    EPA FRS registry ID
    110006679157
    Wastewater permit
    Yes, 12 quarters in noncompliance

    EPA detailed facility report

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Hardin County

  • Illinois 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 Hardin County, and their findings.

  • Illinois vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Illinois health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Illinois 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.

  • Illinois 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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