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Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Yellow Medicine County is 164.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 152 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (69), Industrial wastewater discharge (24), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (24). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 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: 44.7377, -95.9385.

How this county ranks in Minnesota

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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 Yellow Medicine County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	25.6	18.5	1.38x	15.1 to 41.7	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	32.7	23.8	1.37x	20.5 to 50.4	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	24.7	18.7	1.32x	14.2 to 41	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	539.3	453.4	1.19xSignificant	482.9 to 601.1	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	164.3	143.2	1.15x	134.6 to 199.3	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	56.6	51.8	1.09x	40.1 to 78.6	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	32.9	30.2	1.09x	21.3 to 49.8	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 Yellow Medicine County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,670.4	9,842.6	-12%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78.7	75.3	+5%	years
Child mortality	n/a	59.8	n/a	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	70.9	96.9	-27%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	n/a	28.6	n/a	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde12.48 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.95 per million
Acetaldehyde1.02 per million
Benzene0.68 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing69
Industrial wastewater discharge24
NPDES wastewater discharge permit24
Gas station (mapped facility)13
Air permit holder (minor source)12
Small hazardous waste generator3
Commercial airport2
Public airport1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Heliport1
Oil-fired power plant1
Solar 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.

Upper Sioux Police Department, Granite Falls
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043182631 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Granite Falls 2, Granite Falls
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 7977 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Clarkfield Wwtp, Clarkfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068777078 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Echo Wwtp, Echo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068180444 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Porter Wwtp, Porter
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit MNG585128: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.7
Hanley Falls Wwtp, Hanley Falls
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit MNG585122: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.6
Martin Marietta Materials - Nonmetallic, Granite Falls
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008763524 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Porter Wwtp, Porter
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071181248 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Hanley Falls Wwtp, Hanley Falls
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071279398 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Canby Wwtp, Canby
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039754423 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Wood Lake Wwtp, Wood Lake Township
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068035995 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Myers Fld, Canby
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID CNB (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Meml Fld, Granite Falls
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID GDB (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Martin Marietta Materials - Nonmetallic, Granite Falls
Air permit holder (minor source).
EPA FRS registry ID 110008763524 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
St Leo Wwtp, St. Leo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008809478 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Smi & Hydraulics Inc, Porter
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110003914676 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hoffco Inc, Wood Lake
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054843791 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Christensen Farms Site C071, Clarkfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067723093 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Jon Busack Farm, Echo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067725331 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Christensen Farms Site C073, Clarkfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068213105 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Paul Kvistad Poultry, Wood Lake
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068353098 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pederson Pork Farm, Echo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068424501 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ben And Mike Hinz Farm, Wood Lake
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068446694 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Adam Anderson Farm, Wood Lake
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068552667 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Paul Syring Farm, Hazel Run Township
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110068768140 (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 Yellow Medicine County

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