Dow Chemical Co.
Rank in Toxic 100: 3
Rank among all TRI companies: 10
Air releases 2010 (lbs): 6,045,564
Incineration transfers 2010 (lbs): 7,604,427
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2010: 4,363,312
Percentage of national total 2010 toxic air and incineration score: 1.127%
EJ: Poor Share: 19.2%
EJ: Minority Share: 38.1%
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Rv
Ethylene
1,866,911
0
1
13
0.00%
16.4%
37.3%
38.4%
14.9%
20.3%
Ammonia
1,369,764
94,900
35
871
0.02%
19.8%
38.8%
44.4%
31.5%
9.7%
Propylene (Propene)
490,840
10,781
1
14
0.00%
16.1%
37.2%
38.5%
12.4%
22.6%
Cyclohexane
331,009
95,176
1
3
0.00%
19.3%
37.9%
46.5%
38.2%
5.3%
Hydrochloric acid
142,373
3,017
180
465
0.01%
17.1%
37.1%
33.7%
18.6%
11.2%
Methanol
142,022
308,464
1
3
0.00%
17.3%
38.9%
43.3%
15.0%
24.2%
Toluene
124,837
491,401
1
3
0.00%
17.8%
38.1%
40.1%
17.4%
18.5%
n-Butyl alcohol
91,003
3,398
10
23
0.00%
19.3%
40.5%
46.3%
16.5%
25.2%
Methyl methacrylate
90,260
2,973
5
24
0.00%
22.6%
45.4%
56.6%
28.0%
24.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
61,939
126,287
35
83
0.00%
29.8%
48.9%
36.3%
18.7%
13.2%
Propylene oxide
61,933
4
13,000
14,426
0.33%
18.1%
38.7%
44.8%
23.7%
18.2%
Dichloromethane
61,210
36,966
6
10
0.00%
15.2%
35.8%
40.3%
10.1%
22.8%
Benzene
59,892
148,172
28,000
35,336
0.81%
17.3%
38.0%
48.1%
22.9%
22.4%
1,2-Dichloroethane
53,517
89,390
93,000
106,994
2.45%
16.8%
39.6%
49.8%
12.4%
35.0%
Formaldehyde
49,156
3,447
46,000
33,594
0.77%
16.8%
37.7%
49.3%
20.1%
26.4%
Glycol Ethers
48,488
483,323
180
104
0.00%
14.2%
33.4%
30.0%
11.8%
14.2%
Chloromethane
48,073
46,231
640
790
0.02%
15.0%
32.5%
24.2%
14.9%
4.6%
Chlorine
47,829
782
35,000
34,111
0.78%
16.7%
38.8%
41.2%
13.1%
25.0%
Styrene
47,418
130,369
4
8
0.00%
21.8%
42.3%
42.3%
19.6%
17.6%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
46,918
0
0
0
0.00%
16.7%
38.4%
62.0%
14.7%
36.5%
Vinyl acetate
44,382
170,436
18
26
0.00%
24.1%
43.6%
47.2%
23.9%
18.4%
Cumene
39,925
10
9
5
0.00%
16.2%
39.6%
52.3%
5.4%
44.7%
Ethylene oxide
38,375
7
310,000
177,720
4.07%
16.6%
35.7%
44.8%
32.1%
9.7%
Hydrogen cyanide
36,490
23
4,400
7,159
0.16%
18.7%
42.1%
68.0%
15.9%
47.3%
1,3-Butadiene
35,094
5
110,000
53,378
1.22%
16.8%
38.6%
49.9%
17.7%
29.9%
2-Nitropropane
34,481
0
9,600,000
3,394,638
77.80%
20.0%
40.1%
38.2%
34.4%
2.3%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
30,689
36,889
21,000
22,346
0.51%
15.2%
35.4%
44.3%
11.0%
22.3%
Butyl acrylate
30,383
4,799
3,500
5,088
0.12%
18.9%
41.3%
61.7%
19.0%
37.8%
Vinylidene chloride
28,020
37,140
18
11
0.00%
12.2%
30.5%
25.9%
3.8%
18.5%
**
n-Hexane
26,522
18,290
5
1
0.00%
16.1%
35.7%
45.6%
26.1%
16.6%
Ethylbenzene
25,942
34,123
890
732
0.02%
27.1%
46.5%
32.3%
13.8%
14.8%
Allyl alcohol
24,803
25
12,000
5,630
0.13%
18.0%
36.9%
31.9%
24.4%
3.6%
Vinyl chloride
21,949
49
31,000
15,426
0.35%
17.8%
40.5%
51.1%
17.7%
31.2%
Propionaldehyde
21,324
1,089
440
411
0.01%
19.1%
39.5%
60.3%
29.6%
27.7%
Chloroform
21,171
13,061
82,000
45,016
1.03%
17.7%
37.9%
44.9%
24.9%
14.8%
Carbon tetrachloride
18,030
140,482
21,000
11,056
0.25%
17.7%
39.4%
56.6%
20.6%
29.2%
Acetonitrile
17,841
102,867
58
26
0.00%
14.9%
35.7%
11.8%
5.0%
2.6%
Acetaldehyde
17,793
82,490
7,900
2,958
0.07%
18.3%
37.8%
49.5%
32.6%
14.0%
Acrylic acid
16,635
856,079
3,500
4,272
0.10%
21.2%
41.3%
52.4%
16.7%
31.6%
*
Isobutyraldehyde
16,299
178
100
67
0.00%
19.0%
39.2%
60.1%
29.7%
27.4%
Epichlorohydrin
15,344
4,058
4,300
1,235
0.03%
16.8%
40.7%
51.6%
7.4%
41.9%
Phenol
14,606
4,944
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Ethylene glycol
14,536
651,952
9
6
0.00%
15.4%
33.8%
48.7%
11.0%
19.9%
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
14,118
972
11
2
0.00%
15.9%
38.8%
51.7%
5.4%
44.0%
Sulfuric acid
13,731
1,197
3,500
1,767
0.04%
18.5%
41.8%
66.2%
15.7%
46.0%
Butyraldehyde
13,560
3,055
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
CFC-12
13,420
0
5
1
0.00%
16.8%
41.4%
53.9%
5.0%
46.8%
1,4-Dioxane
13,010
0
28,000
2,406
0.06%
16.1%
34.9%
45.3%
33.3%
9.1%
Ethyl acrylate
12,286
118,054
73
57
0.00%
32.3%
50.9%
38.6%
21.7%
12.3%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
12,126
22,781
120
145
0.00%
9.9%
23.1%
29.5%
13.5%
7.0%
Chlorobenzene
8,576
447,167
4
2
0.00%
12.6%
31.5%
48.1%
9.7%
34.1%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
8,069
7,530
1
0
0.00%
17.2%
39.2%
58.2%
14.9%
39.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
7,277
19,270
580
69
0.00%
17.4%
39.8%
37.2%
16.4%
17.9%
Sulfuryl fluoride (Vikane)
6,929
0
36
16
0.00%
17.1%
38.3%
69.6%
17.4%
36.7%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
6,559
1,779,737
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Bromoform (Tribromomethane)
6,412
0
3,900
441
0.01%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
5,898
95,345
0
0
0.00%
14.7%
34.1%
24.1%
8.7%
11.1%
Diethanolamine
5,521
58
1,200
64
0.00%
14.9%
33.8%
44.2%
37.1%
4.9%
Allyl chloride
5,305
1,801
3,500
343
0.01%
16.8%
41.5%
53.9%
5.3%
46.5%
Benzyl chloride
4,939
0
180,000
110,335
2.53%
21.3%
40.2%
15.8%
9.5%
0.8%
1,2-Dichloropropane
4,910
74,269
880
98
0.00%
16.6%
40.0%
46.9%
7.1%
37.3%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
4,090
0
330
35
0.00%
14.2%
35.0%
8.8%
2.0%
2.5%
Acrylonitrile
3,791
89,055
240,000
62,696
1.44%
23.5%
43.1%
55.4%
17.5%
28.2%
Trichloroethylene
3,648
457
15,000
1,024
0.02%
16.9%
41.0%
53.2%
7.3%
43.8%
Dichlorobromomethane
3,267
0
62,000
3,572
0.08%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
2,985
34,556
5,700
463
0.01%
15.3%
36.8%
51.0%
12.4%
35.5%
Methyl acrylate
2,722
8,380
33
3
0.00%
14.9%
35.5%
37.6%
21.3%
11.5%
Dimethylamine
2,500
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Triethylamine
2,458
209
500
24
0.00%
14.4%
35.6%
11.2%
3.1%
3.8%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
2,123
5,189
2,600
108
0.00%
14.4%
33.8%
10.4%
2.8%
3.3%
1,3-Dichloropropylene
1,838
929
14,000
522
0.01%
16.8%
41.0%
55.6%
6.9%
45.1%
Naphthalene
1,836
842
12,000
375
0.01%
17.2%
37.0%
42.9%
27.7%
12.3%
Allylamine
1,633
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,353
51,027
210,000
11,916
0.27%
13.3%
33.6%
50.4%
9.6%
37.2%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,306
107,925
20
1
0.00%
10.9%
29.2%
46.8%
8.6%
34.2%
2-Methylpyridine
1,217
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Maleic anhydride
1,192
156
5,000
532
0.01%
42.8%
58.7%
23.6%
15.8%
3.7%
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,148
2,735
12,000
283
0.01%
16.4%
40.3%
53.3%
6.1%
44.9%
2-Ethoxyethanol
1,122
38,185
18
1
0.00%
23.5%
53.5%
84.1%
14.2%
66.1%
Selenium and selenium compounds
1,114
0
180
0
0.00%
18.8%
39.2%
34.9%
27.2%
3.2%
Acrolein
1,094
606
180,000
3,013
0.07%
15.9%
35.0%
47.3%
33.5%
11.1%
Formic acid
1,087
3,900
1
0
0.00%
15.1%
35.8%
14.1%
7.2%
2.7%
Diisocyanates
856
150,891
350,000
16,581
0.38%
12.8%
27.5%
36.2%
14.9%
13.7%
Cyanide compounds
845
57
4,400
189
0.00%
17.9%
40.8%
65.6%
14.6%
46.5%
Dichlorotrifluoroethane
804
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
tert-Butyl alcohol
780
0
10
0
0.00%
24.3%
47.8%
48.2%
41.1%
3.5%
2-Methoxyethanol
769
0
180
2
0.00%
15.6%
34.4%
44.9%
36.4%
5.9%
Phosgene
728
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Hexachloroethane
717
5,774
14,000
250
0.01%
16.2%
38.6%
51.5%
11.8%
36.7%
Biphenyl
699
77,705
20
1
0.00%
14.8%
34.4%
49.7%
11.4%
34.3%
1,2-Butylene oxide
585
33
180
2
0.00%
16.8%
41.4%
53.9%
5.0%
46.8%
Cumene hydroperoxide
411
0
640
5
0.00%
16.8%
41.5%
54.0%
5.0%
47.0%
Ethylidene dichloride
401
6
570
7
0.00%
19.4%
39.1%
47.3%
39.1%
5.8%
1,2-Dichloroethylene
399
0
110
1
0.00%
16.7%
41.0%
53.5%
5.5%
45.8%
Nitric acid
363
379
270
1
0.00%
16.6%
34.3%
32.0%
24.8%
4.2%
Carbon disulfide
316
56
5
0
0.00%
14.3%
34.7%
9.5%
2.6%
2.5%
Hydrazine
280
0
18,000,000
120,234
2.76%
14.2%
35.5%
8.2%
1.6%
2.2%
Lead and lead compounds
275
0
18,000
85
0.00%
19.0%
37.8%
46.0%
35.5%
7.6%
2,3-Dichloropropene
263
267
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Zinc and zinc compounds
255
0
100
0
0.00%
15.6%
34.2%
42.9%
32.3%
7.5%
Bis(2-chloro-1-methethyl)ether
248
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Chloroacetic acid
232
0
500
3
0.00%
14.2%
35.1%
8.7%
2.0%
2.4%
Pyridine
219
2,083
1,000
6
0.00%
14.5%
35.2%
11.8%
4.1%
3.4%
Picloram
217
0
5
0
0.00%
15.8%
38.6%
48.6%
5.1%
41.0%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
214
1
6
0
0.00%
18.6%
37.8%
15.3%
8.5%
1.1%
Chlorophenols
211
0
120,000
673
0.02%
14.2%
35.1%
8.8%
2.0%
2.4%
Dicyclopentadiene
196
134
18,000
44
0.00%
16.5%
39.9%
51.7%
12.5%
37.1%
N-Methylolacrylamide
173
10
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Hexachlorobenzene
158
5,979
1,600,000
10,104
0.23%
14.9%
33.6%
46.3%
21.3%
21.3%
Chloromethyl methyl ether
150
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
125
4,303
7,900
43
0.00%
14.5%
33.2%
48.2%
20.9%
23.5%
Pentachloroethane
123
3,364
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride
122
7,296
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4-D [Acetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-]
96
8
200
0
0.00%
14.2%
33.6%
9.5%
2.4%
2.7%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
83
2
1,600,000
1,647
0.04%
17.0%
42.0%
54.3%
4.6%
47.7%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
81
114
1
0
0.00%
14.5%
32.9%
61.4%
14.1%
31.8%
3-Chloro-2-methyl-1-propene
79
825
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Sodium nitrite
77
0
10
0
0.00%
18.4%
37.7%
14.7%
8.1%
1.1%
Hydrogen fluoride
76
480
250
0
0.00%
13.5%
29.8%
25.6%
10.8%
9.9%
Copper and copper compounds
68
0
1,500
1
0.00%
13.4%
28.9%
27.5%
14.8%
7.2%
Titanium tetrachloride
58
10,960
35,000
0
0.00%
15.9%
25.0%
14.0%
10.0%
1.5%
Triclopyr triethylammonium salt
57
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
sec-Butyl alcohol
47
331
10
0
0.00%
12.2%
28.1%
42.6%
20.4%
16.5%
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
44
188
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Chromium and chromium compounds
43
0
43,000,000
1,445
0.03%
16.7%
36.3%
47.1%
28.9%
15.3%
Pentachlorobenzene
42
229
1,300
1
0.00%
17.7%
36.3%
45.5%
31.7%
10.5%
Nickel and nickel compounds
31
0
930,000
683
0.02%
11.6%
25.6%
32.3%
18.9%
7.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
30
67
1,300,000
501
0.01%
15.6%
37.7%
49.7%
18.1%
29.4%
Aniline
29
38
5,700
3
0.00%
16.7%
41.4%
54.0%
4.9%
47.0%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)
28
0
18
0
0.00%
19.4%
38.1%
45.9%
39.9%
3.1%
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
26
0
11,000
8
0.00%
14.2%
35.1%
8.7%
2.0%
2.4%
1,3-Phenylenediamine
25
0
170
0
0.00%
8.2%
19.8%
24.2%
7.7%
5.8%
Hydroquinone
19
111,760
25
1
0.00%
18.5%
37.5%
52.7%
26.3%
22.5%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
16
1
1
0
0.00%
19.2%
38.3%
46.5%
37.2%
6.5%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb)
16
19
1,000
0
0.00%
14.5%
33.7%
11.3%
3.9%
3.0%
Phthalic anhydride
14
11,097
180
1
0.00%
14.7%
33.3%
50.8%
18.1%
28.3%
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
14
0
18
0
0.00%
19.4%
38.1%
45.9%
40.0%
3.1%
Quinoline
12
1,300
3,000,000
1,074
0.02%
14.6%
35.6%
13.4%
5.1%
4.0%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
12
19,277
50,000
212
0.00%
14.8%
33.4%
33.0%
20.8%
7.1%
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
11
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Methyl tert-butyl ether
11
762
93
0
0.00%
9.3%
20.3%
23.0%
6.3%
6.7%
2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester
11
0
100
0
0.00%
14.2%
34.8%
8.8%
2.0%
2.4%
Propyleneimine
8
0
150,000,000
18,506
0.42%
15.6%
34.4%
45.0%
36.7%
5.8%
2,4-D sodium salt
8
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Antimony and antimony compounds
8
0
18,000
3
0.00%
19.5%
38.3%
46.1%
40.4%
3.0%
2,4-D butoxyethyl ester
7
0
100
0
0.00%
14.1%
33.9%
9.1%
2.2%
2.6%
Acetophenone
6
0
10
0
0.00%
16.8%
41.5%
54.0%
5.0%
46.9%
Benzoyl chloride
6
82
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Bromine
6
0
2,100
0
0.00%
16.0%
39.6%
48.0%
5.5%
40.4%
Acrylamide
5
7
360,000
105
0.00%
28.6%
47.9%
36.9%
24.1%
8.7%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds
5
0
15,000,000
13,571
0.31%
26.4%
52.0%
80.4%
40.4%
36.6%
Phenanthrene
4
162
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nitrapyrin
4
0
43,000
8
0.00%
15.3%
34.7%
66.1%
15.3%
34.5%
Silver and silver compounds
3
0
200
0
0.00%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Thallium and thallium compounds
3
0
14,000
1
0.00%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Anthracene
2
93
3
0
0.00%
12.6%
30.7%
46.7%
20.2%
22.8%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)
1
0
700
0
0.00%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
1
4,828
50,000
88
0.00%
21.2%
42.0%
27.9%
19.5%
3.6%
Barium and barium compounds
1
0
7,000
0
0.00%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Beryllium and beryllium compounds
1
0
8,600,000
152
0.00%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
1
0
6,400,000
113
0.00%
19.3%
37.7%
45.5%
39.3%
3.2%
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
0
1,331
18,000
15
0.00%
11.1%
29.0%
48.8%
10.8%
33.3%
Benzoyl Peroxide
0
6
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
o-Cresol
0
28,080
6
0
0.00%
10.4%
27.8%
47.1%
10.1%
32.5%
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate)
0
1,155
8,600
2
0.00%
33.4%
55.0%
62.0%
57.0%
2.5%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
0
117
360,000
0
0.00%
11.1%
29.0%
48.8%
10.9%
33.3%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)
0
3,309
3,900,000
2,544
0.06%
11.7%
30.3%
21.6%
4.2%
13.0%
For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes . For the Rv (revisions) column, * indicates that the record contains one or more chemicals at facilities whose TRI air releases or incineration transfers for 2010 were revised downwards since 2010, and whose hazard and score have been adjusted accordingly. ** indicates one or more chemicals at facilities whose quantities were revised upwards, or both upwards and downwards. Chemicals revised upwards had their pounds adjusted, but not their score. *** indicates that the RSEI microdata do not match the public RSEI data.
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