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Data Sources

  • Carcinogenic Pollution Emissions by State (1999-2016)

    • Data Owner: EPA

    • Database: TRI Database

    • Data Table: “Summary of release estimate statistics, for both releases and transfers, categorized by State, chemical, and reporting year.” Link

    • Access Type: API

  • Cancer Rates by State (1999-2016):

    • Data Owner: CDC

    • Database: United States Cancer Statistics (USCS)

    • Data Table: 1999-2016

    • Access Type: Download

  • News Organization Tweets related to pollution:

References

Air Pollution May be Associated With Many Kinds of Cancer. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.aacrfoundation.org/Science/Pages/air-pollution-associated-cancer.aspx.

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). NPCR and SEER Incidence – U.S. Cancer Statistics Public Use Databases. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/uscs/public-use/index.htm.

 

Chakure, A. (2019, July 7). Decision Tree Classification. Retrieved from https://towardsdatascience.com/decision-tree-classification-de64fc4d5aac.

 

Lipton, E. (2017, October 21). The E.P.A.'s Top 10 Toxic Threats, and Industry's Pushback. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/us/epa-toxic-chemicals.html.

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RecycleNation. (2015, June 24). 15 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Environmental Enthusiasts. Retrieved from https://recyclenation.com/2015/06/15-must-follow-twitter-accounts-for-environmental-enthusiasts/.

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Turkewitz, J. (2019, February 22). Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water Leave Military Families Reeling. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/military-water-toxic-chemicals.html.

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Twitter. (2019). Search Tweets. Retrieved from https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/search/overview/standard.

 

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Envirofacts. Retrieved from 

https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-overview.

 

Vaughan, A. (2010, May 11). Top 50 Twitter Climate Accounts to Follow. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/may/11/top-50-twitter-climate-accounts.

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