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Greene County, Tennessee: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Greene County is 178.6 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 1.6 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 411 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (198), Rail grade crossing (68), Air permit holder (minor source) (46). 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: 36.1707, -82.9074.

How this county ranks in Tennessee

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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 Greene County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	48.2	30.2	1.6xSignificant	42.7 to 54.3	2020-2024
Esophagus	Deaths	5.4	3.7	1.46x	3.6 to 7.9	2020-2024
Bladder	Deaths	5.9	4.1	1.44x	4 to 8.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	71.8	51.8	1.39xSignificant	64.9 to 79.4	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	18	13	1.38xSignificant	13.7 to 23.2	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	31.9	23.8	1.34xSignificant	26.9 to 37.6	2019-2023
Esophagus	New cases	6	4.6	1.3x	4.1 to 8.6	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	178.6	143.2	1.25xSignificant	167.3 to 190.6	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	22.2	17.9	1.24xSignificant	18.1 to 27.1	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	8.1	6.6	1.23x	5.9 to 11	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	10.6	8.7	1.22x	8.1 to 13.9	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	13.7	11.3	1.21x	10.7 to 17.4	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	16.4	13.9	1.18x	13.1 to 20.4	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	21.8	18.7	1.17x	18 to 26.3	2019-2023
Leukemia	Deaths	6.3	5.7	1.11x	4.3 to 9	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	471.4	453.4	1.04x	452.1 to 491.4	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	15	14.5	1.03x	11.4 to 19.3	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.6	4.8	0.96x	3 to 7	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	3.1	3.4	0.91x	1.8 to 5.2	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	16.2	18.5	0.88x	12.9 to 20.1	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	3.7	4.4	0.84x	2.1 to 6	2020-2024
Brain & nervous system	New cases	4.9	6.2	0.79x	3 to 7.8	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	3.3	6.6	0.5x	1.9 to 5.4	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 Greene County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	12,932	9,842.6	+31%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	72	75.3	-4%	years
Child mortality	55	59.8	-8%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	5.5	6.2	-12%	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	134.4	96.9	+39%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	44.9	28.6	+57%	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.

Formaldehyde19.32 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.84 per million
Acetaldehyde1.93 per million
Benzene0.88 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit198
Rail grade crossing68
Air permit holder (minor source)46
Gas station (mapped facility)26
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)22
TRI reporting facility17
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)7
Large hazardous waste generator6
Small hazardous waste generator6
Major air pollution source4
Public airport3
Scrapyard (mapped facility)3
Airfield1
Commercial airport1
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)1
Large greenhouse gas emitter1
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.

Jarden Zinc Products Llc, Greeneville
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $11,250.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000372524 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 9.1
Us Nitrogen Llc, Midway
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $11,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110058904618 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.8
Huf-North America, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Xylene (mixed isomers), Methanol, Toluene, Ethylbenzene. Reports carcinogens. 143,573 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3774WHFNRT395TE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.5
Sumiriko Tennessee Inc., Midway
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone, Xylene (mixed isomers). Reports carcinogens. 93,734 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37809DTRTN199BO (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.3
John Deere Power Products, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Certain glycol ethers, Lead. Reports carcinogens. 77,676 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37743JHNDR163HA (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.3
Sumiriko Tennessee, Inc., Midway
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $36,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000901597 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.2
Parker Hannifin Corp, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Lead and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 53,172 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37744TRWNCSNAPP (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.1
Scepter Greeneville Inc, Midway
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen fluoride, Copper and 2 more. Reports carcinogens. 32,266 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3780WMDRCY123PT (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8
Oldcastle Building Envelope - Tennessee Facility, Midway
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers, Toluene, Dimethyl phthalate and 3 more. Reports carcinogens. 29,730 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37809VSTWL920PO (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.9
Artazn Llc, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Chlorine, Zinc compounds, Cyanide compounds, Copper compounds and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 14,948 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37744BLLZNBALLR (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.7
Sea Ray Boats, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Styrene. Reports carcinogens. 14,284 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3774WSRYBT79AND (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.7
Us Nitrogen Llc, Midway
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid, Chlorine. 500,096 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 3780WSNTRG471PT (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.4
Vistawall Architectural Prods, Midway
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $16,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005008776 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.3
Denzil Bowman Wastewater Treatment Plant, Greeneville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $9,255.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000573120 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.8
Jarden Zinc Products Llc, Greeneville
Large hazardous waste generator. Penalties $11,250.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000372524 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Jarden Zinc Products Llc, Greeneville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $11,250.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000372524 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.5
Workhorse Cabs Llc Dba Crenlo Engineered Cabs, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Manganese, Chromium, Nickel, Lead and 1 more. Reports carcinogens. 182 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37745NGSPL115TE (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 6.2
Huf-North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing, Corporation / Eq Mobile Recycl, Greeneville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069997848 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.1
Angus-Palm, Greeneville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005008570 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
John Deere Power Products, Greeneville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110025332432 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Sumiriko Tennessee, Inc., Midway
Major air pollution source. Penalties $36,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000901597 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Ermco Components, Inc., Greeneville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002457029 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.7
American Greetings/ Plus Mark Llc, Afton
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia. 2,411 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37724PLSMRPOBOX (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.6
La Quesera Mexicana, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Ammonia. 2,296 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37744KRFTNBOHAN (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.6
Donaldson Co Inc, Greeneville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Diisocyanates. Reports carcinogens. 23 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 37745DNLDS115RC (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.6

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 Greene County

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