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Calloway County, Kentucky: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Calloway County is 200.1 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 and Bladder deaths at 1.9 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 228 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (76), Industrial wastewater discharge (63), Rail grade crossing (45). 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: 36.6212, -88.2699.

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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 Calloway County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Brain & nervous system	New cases	12.4	6.2	2xSignificant	7.6 to 19.1	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	59.5	30.2	1.97xSignificant	50.1 to 70.3	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	7.7	4.1	1.88xSignificant	4.4 to 12.6	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	8.1	4.4	1.84xSignificant	4.6 to 13.4	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	10.1	5.7	1.77xSignificant	6.4 to 15.3	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	89.8	51.8	1.73xSignificant	78 to 102.9	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	36.1	23.8	1.52xSignificant	28.7 to 45.1	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	21.9	14.5	1.51xSignificant	15.8 to 29.5	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	200.1	143.2	1.4xSignificant	182.1 to 219.6	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	23.9	17.9	1.34xSignificant	18 to 31.4	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	11.4	8.7	1.31x	7.3 to 17	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	24.2	18.7	1.29x	18.2 to 31.7	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	553.5	453.4	1.22xSignificant	522.3 to 586.2	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.5	6.6	1.14x	4.5 to 12.1	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	19.6	18.5	1.06x	14.1 to 26.5	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	11.6	11.3	1.03x	7.6 to 17.1	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	13.4	13.9	0.96x	9.1 to 19.2	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	10.9	13	0.84x	6.7 to 16.8	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 Calloway County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	10,108.5	9,842.6	+3%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	74.1	75.3	-1%	years
Child mortality	41.8	59.8	-30%	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	87.7	96.9	-10%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	21.8	28.6	-24%	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.

Formaldehyde22.05 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.94 per million
Acetaldehyde2.24 per million
Benzene0.91 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit76
Industrial wastewater discharge63
Rail grade crossing45
Gas station (mapped facility)15
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)4
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)4
Major air pollution source3
Public airport3
Small hazardous waste generator3
TRI reporting facility3
Air permit holder (minor source)2
Large hazardous waste generator2
Commercial airport1
Brownfield property1
Heliport1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1
Wastewater plant (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.

Pella Corp - Murray Operations, Murray
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Styrene. Reports carcinogens. 47,187 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 42071PLLCR37PEL (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.1
Vanderbilt Chemicals Llc-Murray Div, Murray
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Dichloromethane, Zinc compounds, Carbon disulfide, Molybdenum trioxide and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 31,718 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 42071VNDRBPENNY (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8
Vanderbilt Chemicals Llc, Murray
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000498701 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Pella Corporation- Murray Operations, Murray
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014370340 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.1
Murray Mobile Home & Rv Park, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,250.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006750122 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Vanderbilt Chemicals Llc, Murray
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000498701 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Saputo Dairy Foods Usa Llc, Murray
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000380196 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Bee Creek Wwtp, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000759732 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Byassee Paving, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009958279 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Vanderbilt Chemicals Llc, Murray
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000498701 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Vanderbilt Chemicals Llc, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000498701 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Pella Corporation- Murray Operations, Murray
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014370340 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Briggs & Stratton Corp, Murray
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds. 5 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 42071BRGGS110MA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3.6
Murray State University, Murray
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003237239 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete Llc - Plt 253, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $25,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006754896 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
South 641 Water District, Hazel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009938755 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Msu Hancock Biological Station, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010123954 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Pella Corporation- Murray Operations, Murray
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014370340 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Pella Corporation- Murray Operations, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014370340 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Ahart Hauling, Almo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110037486093 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Greif - Murray, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070877144 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Murray Main Street, Murray
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071985667 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Murray State University, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003237239 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Saputo Cheese Usa Inc., Murray
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid.
TRI facility ID 42071RYNMLECHES (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Jesse Little, Murray
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071541429 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5

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 Calloway County

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