Understanding and Using

TRI Data: The Basics

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 Analyzing TRI Data

• Using TRI data to answer a particular question

means doing some analysis
• There are two ways to get analyzed TRI data
– Use someone else’s analysis
– Do it yourself using new products for manipulating TRI data

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 Option 1: Using some one
else’s analysis

• Some analysis in the PDR

• EPA analysis – looks at the data nationally
– Example: TRI trends

• ECOS Website will contain analysis posted by users

of the Website

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Trends in TRI Releases

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 Option 2: Do your own
analysis

TRI Explorer Tutorial

http://www.epa.gov/tri/triexplorertutorial/index.html
Pamela Russell

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 Contact:

Pamela Russell
Microbiologist
russell.pamela@epa.gov
Phone: 202-566-0645

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