If you live in specific parts of SW Rochester you have a much higher risk for cancer than other parts of the City and Monroe County. The 2014 National Toxic Assessment puts your risk of cancer at 25-50% while other parts of SW Rochester, the City, and Monroe County have only a 6-25% risk.

Click this link to explore the 2014 National Air Toxics Assessment.

This data is also based on an article from ProPublica.  Click this link to see that article.

The Propublica Data indicates that in a specific section of the 19th ward you have a 3.4% times risk above the EPA’s acceptable risk level.

As the image above shows, the increased risk is due to two businesses on the edge of SW Rochester, as seen in the John Oliver clip above, there are specific reasons both of those businesses are located there.

So, this is not acceptable. What that means is that we need to change this. We need to contact our representatives at the City, County, State, and Federal level. They have the ability to address this issue. It requires us to have meetings, go to meetings, and address these issues at those meetings.

Dr. Daniel DeMarle 5/2/22