Filling the gap left by EJScreen, removed Feb 2025

What is the landfill near you doing to your air, water & health?

DumpRadar maps science-based risk zones for landfills and waste sites across the United States — air dispersion, groundwater plumes, PFAS in drinking water, and community vulnerability — assembled from 17 free government data sources.

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Why DumpRadar

A clear risk picture for the landfill near you

Existing tools show pins on a map or raw compliance records. DumpRadar turns 17 federal datasets into a single, readable risk picture for your address.

Science-based risk zones

Red, Orange, Yellow and Green zones grounded in 40+ peer-reviewed studies — and resized by each facility's risk score.

PFAS drinking-water overlay

UCMR5 results for public water systems near each landfill, compared directly to the 4 ng/L EPA limit.

Waste-stream chemical profile

TRI + RCRA cross-reference reveals which specific industrial chemicals a facility actually received.

Actual methane emissions

GHGRP-reported methane (not a "gas system: yes/no" guess) — the most direct measure of escaping landfill gas.

Directional wind exposure

NOAA wind data makes zones asymmetric — because the downwind community faces 3–5× the exposure.

Community vulnerability

Census demographics surface the sensitive and overburdened populations EJScreen used to highlight.

The science

Three impact zones radiating from every site

Research across 30+ studies establishes distinct exposure bands. DumpRadar makes them concrete — and resizes each one using a 16-factor Environmental Impact Score, then warps them with prevailing wind.

How the zones work →
Red Zone · 0–1 mi

Acute respiratory symptoms, H₂S, groundwater leachate, basement gas migration.

Orange Zone · 1–3 mi

Air dispersion, particulate matter, episodic odor, plume migration.

Yellow Zone · 3–5 mi

Cumulative long-term exposure and legacy groundwater contamination.

Green Zone · 5 mi+

No statistically significant elevation attributable to a single site.

17
Free federal data sources
16
Factors in the EIS model
21M
Americans within 1 mi of a contaminated site
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