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The biggest polluter around the Contra Costa County is the Shell Oil Producers, whose facility is located in Martinez about fifteen minutes away from Walnut Creek. According to the environmental release report it is 100% the dirtiest and worst facility in total environmental releases. Also the Shell Oil Company is 100% the riskiest air and water release center. It ranges in the 70-90 percent area in other waste releases such as air releases of recognized carcinogens, developmental toxicants, and reproductive toxicants. The Shell Oil facility in Martinez released a grand whopping total of 12,691 pounds of carcinogens just in 2002. The number one chemical pollutant in our county is Nitrate compounds. The most comforting aspect of the chemical

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