Lead
Lead releases at Samuel Packaging Systems Group rose from 22k lb to 51k lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 60k lb more than doubled year over year (+94%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
1455 JAMES PKWY, Heath, Ohio · 332999 · Fabricated Metals · operated by Samuel Son & Co LTD
Lead releases at Samuel Packaging Systems Group rose from 22k lb to 51k lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Lead concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have fallen 32% since 2017.
Within 3 miles of this facility (15 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 19,914. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.