Total reported releases 5k lb more than halved year over year (-92%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2017.
N5279 COUNTY ROAD G, Saint Cloud, Wisconsin · 311513 · Food · operated by Sargento Foods INC
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at Sargento Cheese INC - St. Cloud fell from 65k lb to 5k lb (92% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than halved since 2017.
Fond du Lac County County, WI (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 104,027. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.