CAPRM II Final Indicators

(Indicators available for downloading in PDF format.)

Environmental Issues: Special Populations: Cross Program Intiatives:
Human Health Children Product Stewardship
Ecological Health Environmental Justice Pollution Prevention
Chemical and Pesticide Safety and Use Tribes
Food Safety
Product Safety


Section 1: Environmental Issues

Environmental Issue 1: Human Health

Pathologies and Direct Health Impacts

Pathologies Caused by Chemical or Pesticide Exposure

Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Endometrial Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Female Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Ovarian Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Testicular Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Incidence of Asthma

Number of Fatal and Non-Fatal Poisonings due to Pesticide Exposure

Number of Fatal and Non-Fatal Poisoinings due to Chemical Exposure

Occupational Incidence of Respiratory Conditions due to Toxic Agents

Occupational Incidence of Poisoning

Number of Occupational Chemical and Pesticide-Related Injuries and Illnesses

Health Risk

Chronic Human Health Risk Index for Toxic Releases

Acute Human Health Risk Index for Toxic Releases

Chronic Human Health Risk for Releases of Carcinogenic Chemicals

Chronic Human Health Risk for Releases of Developmental Toxins

Body Burden

Body Burden of Toxic Substances

Metal Levels in People Ages 6 and Older

Blood Lead Levels in People Ages 6 and Older

Blood Mercury Levels in Women of Childbearing Age

Levels of Organophosphate Pesticide Metabolites in People Ages 6-59 Years

Levels of Phthalate Metabolites in People Ages 6 and Older

Occupational Lead Exposure

Public Health

Reported Cases of Vector-Borne Diseases

Subsistence Diet

Number of Fish and Wildlife Advisories by Type

Environmental Issue 2: Ecological Health

Flora and Fauna Impacts

Chronic and Acute Ecological Health Risk from Toxic Releases

Number of Terrestrial and Aquatic Incidents and Associated Mortalities from the 15 Pesticides Currently Causing the Most Wildlife Mortalities

Major Ecosystems

Great Lakes Ecosystem

Great Lakes Ecosystem

External Anomolies in Brown Bullhead Fish from the Great Lakes

PCB Levels in Herring Gull Eggs from the Great Lakes

DDE Levels in Herring Gull Eggs from the Great Lakes

Mirex Levels in Herring Gull Eggs from the Great Lakes

Dieldrin Levels in Herring Gull Eggs from the Great Lakes

Hexachlorobenzene Levels in Herring Gull Eggs from the Great Lakes

Concentrations of Total DDE in Bald Eagle Eggs from the Great Lakes

Concentrations of Total PCBs in Bald Eagle Eggs from the Great Lakes

Contaminents in Snapping Turtle Eggs from the Great Lakes

Contaminents in Colonial Nesting Waterbirds

PAH Concentrations in Offshore Waters of the Great Lakes

Dieldrin Concentrations in Offshore Waters of the Great Lakes

Concentrations of Atrazine in Lake Michigan

Concentrations of PCBs in Lake Michigan

Concentrations of Mercury in Lake Michigan

Concentrations of Trans-Nonalchlor in Lake Michigan

Arsenic Loadings to the Great Lakes

Lead Loadings to the Great Lakes

Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Bald Eagle Population Count in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Contaminants in Maryland Oyster Tissue

Kepone in Finfish Tissue in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Tributyltin Concentration Levels in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Copper Concentrations in Sediments in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Concentrations of Lead and Copper in Precipitation in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Benzo[a]pyrene Concentrations in Sediments in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Industry Reported Releases and Transfers of Chesapeake Bay Toxics of Concern

Industry Reported Releases and Transfer of Chemical Contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Release and Transfers of Contaminants from Federal Facilities in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Cropland Acres Under Integrated Pest Management in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Pesticide Container Recycling Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Pesticide Collection and Disposal Program in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Mid-Atlantic Ecosystem

Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment (MAIA)

PCB Levels in Mid-Atlantic Esuarine Blue Crabs

Concentration of PCBs in Mid-Atlantic Estuarine Sediments

Other Ecosystem Indicator Development Projects

Mid-Atlantic Highlands Assessment (MAHA)

Western Pilot Study

San Fransico Bay and San Joaquin River-Delta Ecosystem

Estuarine and Great Lakes Program

National Coastal Assessment (Coastal 2000)

Environmental Issue 3: Chemical and Pesticide Safety and Use

Toxicity of the Ambient Environment

Toxicity Index for Releases and Managed Waste

HPV Challenge Program

Average Toxicity of Pesticides Active Ingredient Applied per Acre

Pesticide Detections in Ground and Surface Water

National Emissions of Air Toxics

Safer Chemicals and Pesticides

Number of Agricultural Acres Treated with Biopesticides

Number of Agricultural Acres Treated with Reduced Risk Pesticides

Sale of Dry Cleaning Equipment Using Safer Chemicals

Annual Pesticide Use on Select Field Crops by Pesticide Product Signal Word

Annual Pesticide Use on Select Vegetables by Pesticide Product Signal Word

Annual Pesticide Use on Select Fruits by Pesticide Product Signal Word

Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals

Chemical Bioaccumulation in Mussel Tissue

Toxicity Index for Persistent Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals

PCBs and Persistent Pesticide Detections in Fish and Bed Sediment

Alternative Farming Systems

Number of Certified Organic Farmland Acres

Number of Acres in Integrated Pest Management

Environmental Issue 4: Food Safety

Pesticide Residues

Percent of Foods Sampled with Detectable Pesticide Residues

Percent of Foods Sampled with Pesticide Residues that Violated or were Presumed to Violate Tolerances

Industrial Chemical Residues

Percent of Foods Sampled with Detectable Industrial Chemical Residues

Agricultural Pesticide Use

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage by Type of Active Ingredient

Annual Pesticide Use on Selected Field Crops by Type of Active Ingredient

Annual Pesticide Use on Select Vegetables by Type of Active Ingredient

Annual Pesticide Use on Select Fruits by Type of Active Ingredient

Biotechnology

Percent of Harvested Acres where Farmer Reported Use of a Genetically Modified Variety

Import/Export --International Food Safety

Percent of Imported Foods Sampled with Detectable and Violative Pesticide Residues

Environmental Issue 5: Product Safety

Chemical and Pesticide Product Misuse

Number of Human Poison Exposure Cases, by Medical Outcome, due to Chemical Misuse

Number of Human Poison Exposure Cases, by Medical Outcome, due to Pesticide Misuse

Non-Agricultural Pesticide Use

Annual Pesticide Usage by Residential Sectors and by Pesticide Type

Environmental Issue 6: Transboundary Movement of Chemicals and Pesticides

Transboundary Management of Toxics

Volume of Exports of Hazardous Waste from the U.S., by Treatment Method and Receiving Country

Environmental Transport of Chemicals and Pesticides

Mercury Deposition in the Florida Everglades

Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Chemicals into the Great Lakes

International Trade in Toxic Chemicals and Pesticides

Hazardous Pesticides Exports from the U.S.

U.S. Imports and Exports of Persistent Organic Pollutants


Section 3: Special Populations

Special Population 1: Children

Pathologies

Pathologies in Children Caused by Chemical of Pesticide Exposure

Incidence of Asthma in Children

Incidence and Mortality of Childhood Cancers

Incidence of Birth Defects

Number of Fatal and Non-Fatal Child Poisonings due to Pesticide Exposure

Number of Fatal and Non-Fatal Child Poisonings due to Chemical Exposure

Health Risk

Children's Chronic Health Risk Index from Toxic Releases

Children's Acute Health Risk Index from Toxic Releases

Pesticide Residue Levels of Carcinogenic and Cholinesterase Inhibiting Neurotoxic Pesticides on Foods Commonly Eaten by Children

Body Burden

Body Burden of Toxic Substances in Children

Blood Lead Levels in Children

Blood Mercury Levels in Children

Special Population 2: Environmental Justice

Pathologies

Incidence of Asthma by Race

Health Risk

Chronic Health Risk Index for Toxic Releases by Race and Income

Body Burden

Body Burden of Toxic Substances by Race and Income

Blood Lead Level in People Ages 1 and Older by Race

Special Population 3: Tribes

Arctic Monitoring Program (AMAP)

Toxicity Index for Releases and Managed Waste on Tribal Lands

Cancer Incidence by Race

Human Health Risk for Releases and Managed Waste on and Off of Tribal Reservations

Gila River Indian Community Pesticide Indicators

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Environmental Quality Indicators

Number of Active and Closed Underground Storage Tanks on Tribal Lands

Number of Confirmed Releases from Underground Storage Tanks on Tribal Lands

Number of Emergency Responses from Underground Storage Tanks on Tribal Lands

Number of Underground Storage Tank Cleanups Initiated and Completed on Tribal Lands

Open Dump Sites on Tribal Lands

Section 4: Cross-Program Intiatives

Cross-Program Issue 1: Product Stewardship

Product Stewardship

Industry Disposal of Pesticide Containers

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment Program

Volume of Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Recovered by Clean Sweeps Programs

Cross-Program Issue 2: Pollution Prevention

Source Reduction

Toxics Release Inventory Pollution Prevention Measures

Northeast Waste Management Officials Association (NEWMOA) Pollution Prevention Metrics Menu

Quantity of Toxic Chemicals Generated as Non-Product Output in New Jersey

Trends in Use of Toxic Chemcials in Massachusetts After Institution of the Toxic Use Reduction Act

Persistent, Bioaccumulative Toxin Use in Massachusetts

Responsible Care Measures

Dow Chemical Company's Efforts as an Example of Pollution Prevention

Dupont Chemical Company's Efforts as an Example of Pollution Prevention

Dry Cleaning Industry Perchloroethylene Decline

Eco-Efficiency

Toxicity of Releases and Managed Waste per Dollar of Economic Output Index

Toxicity per Pound Index for Releases and Managed Waste

Volume of RCRA Hazardous Waste Generated per Dollar of U.S. Gross Domestic Product


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Last Update: August 15, 2003