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Arroyo Municipio, Puerto Rico: environmental and disease records

County cancer statistics are not published for Arroyo Municipio. Federal databases place 13 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Gas station (mapped facility) (4), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (4), Large hazardous waste generator (1). 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: 17.9971, -66.0542.

How this county ranks in Puerto Rico

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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.

No county-level cancer statistics are published for this area. Request counts directly from the Puerto Rico cancer registry.

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 Arroyo Municipio
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	n/a	9,842.6	n/a	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	n/a	75.3	n/a	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	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.

Formaldehyde12.58 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.81 per million
Benzene0.95 per million
Acetaldehyde0.69 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Gas station (mapped facility)4
NPDES wastewater discharge permit4
Large hazardous waste generator1
Small hazardous waste generator1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
TRI reporting facility1
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)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.

Arroyo Manufacturing, Inc., Arroyo
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110066884394 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Stryker Puerto Rico Ltd, Arroyo
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110014362224 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Arroyo Manufacturing Inc., Arroyo
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper compounds, Propylene, Copper And Copper Compounds.
TRI facility ID 0071WRRYMNSTATE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Vertedero de Arroyo
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1418427670 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Arroyo Manufacturing Inc. (Previously Registered As Arroyo Connector Inc.), Arroyo
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110024438223 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Municipality Of Arroyo, Arroyo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046338343 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Arroyo Manufacturing, Inc., Arroyo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110066884394 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Arroyo Manufacturing Inc, Arroyo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070735332 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Stryker Puerto Rico, Llc, Arroyo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071067267 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gulf, Arroyo
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/10616356599 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Mobil, Arroyo
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/13075303818 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Mobil, Arroyo
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/1673647405 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Texaco, Arroyo
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/9839833691 (OpenStreetMap contributors) 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.

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

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Arroyo Municipio

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