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Dade County, Missouri: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Dade County is 169.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.8 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 109 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (43), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (31), Industrial wastewater discharge (21). 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: 37.4319, -93.8501.

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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 Dade County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	53	30.2	1.75xSignificant	36.1 to 76.7	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	169.6	143.2	1.18x	138.6 to 206.8	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	61.2	51.8	1.18x	43.5 to 85.4	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	394.8	453.4	0.87x	344.6 to 451.4	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 Dade County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	11,985.8	9,842.6	+22%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	73.1	75.3	-3%	years
Child mortality	143.8	59.8	+141%	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	100.1	96.9	+3%	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: 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.

Formaldehyde19.45 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.89 per million
Acetaldehyde1.86 per million
Pahpom0.81 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing43
NPDES wastewater discharge permit31
Industrial wastewater discharge21
Air permit holder (minor source)9
Public airport2
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Gas station (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.

Greenfield Sharpe Wwtf, Greenfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110018008519 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Ag Service Of Lockwood Inc, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011082005 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
South Greenfield Wwtp, Greenfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022427818 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Lockwood Wwtf, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009877963 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Lockwood Wwtf, Lockwood
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit MO0030473: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.7
Hayden Presley Property, Morrisville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $4,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071221445 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Usace Ruark Bluff Ne Park Wwtf, Stockton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071710363 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Greenfield Talburt Wwtf, Greenfield
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit MO0055603: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.3
Usace, Mutton Creek Pua Wwtf, Dadeville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006888895 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Uscoe Mutton Creek Marina Wwtf, Arcola
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009162789 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Everton Sewer Treatment Plant, Everton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039790312 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1525864505 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Turkey Run, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006736997 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Aq Properties Llc, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017986410 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Pennington Seed Inc, Greenfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010343262 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ash Grove Aggregates-Golden City West, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015315666 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mfa Fertilizer Plant, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017999246 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Explosives Energies Inc., Greenfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110018011578 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Limestone Creek, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022916291 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rockin D Compost, Lockwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055166993 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Samuel Kropf Chicken Farm, Everton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071221354 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kenneth Stewart Land Disturbance Site, Arcola
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071253761 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Arcola Rv, Arcola
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071254224 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Greenfield Ready Mix And Materials Inc., Greenfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071275141 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dollar General, Everton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071320276 (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 Dade County

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