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
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
2,123
5,189
108
0.00%
14.4%
10.4%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
16
1
0
0.00%
19.2%
46.5%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,353
51,027
11,916
0.27%
13.3%
50.4%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
2,985
34,556
463
0.01%
15.3%
51.0%
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,148
2,735
283
0.01%
16.4%
53.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
7,277
19,270
69
0.00%
17.4%
37.2%
1,2-Butylene oxide
585
33
2
0.00%
16.8%
53.9%
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
14,118
972
2
0.00%
15.9%
51.7%
1,2-Dichloroethane
53,517
89,390
106,994
2.45%
16.8%
49.8%
1,2-Dichloroethylene
399
0
1
0.00%
16.7%
53.5%
1,2-Dichloropropane
4,910
74,269
98
0.00%
16.6%
46.9%
1,3-Butadiene
35,094
5
53,378
1.22%
16.8%
49.9%
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
14
0
0
0.00%
19.4%
45.9%
1,3-Dichloropropylene
1,838
929
522
0.01%
16.8%
55.6%
1,3-Phenylenediamine
25
0
0
0.00%
8.2%
24.2%
1,4-Dioxane
13,010
0
2,406
0.06%
16.1%
45.3%
1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride
122
7,296
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
11
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,3-Dichloropropene
263
267
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
26
0
8
0.00%
14.2%
8.7%
2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester
11
0
0
0.00%
14.2%
8.8%
2,4-D butoxyethyl ester
7
0
0
0.00%
14.1%
9.1%
2,4-D sodium salt
8
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4-D [Acetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-]
96
8
0
0.00%
14.2%
9.5%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
4,090
0
35
0.00%
14.2%
8.8%
2-Ethoxyethanol
1,122
38,185
1
0.00%
23.5%
84.1%
2-Methoxyethanol
769
0
2
0.00%
15.6%
44.9%
2-Methylpyridine
1,217
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2-Nitropropane
34,481
0
3,394,638
77.80%
20.0%
38.2%
3-Chloro-2-methyl-1-propene
79
825
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,306
107,925
1
0.00%
10.9%
46.8%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
83
2
1,647
0.04%
17.0%
54.3%
Acetaldehyde
17,793
82,490
2,958
0.07%
18.3%
49.5%
Acetonitrile
17,841
102,867
26
0.00%
14.9%
11.8%
Acetophenone
6
0
0
0.00%
16.8%
54.0%
Acrolein
1,094
606
3,013
0.07%
15.9%
47.3%
Acrylamide
5
7
105
0.00%
28.6%
36.9%
Acrylic acid
16,635
856,079
4,272
0.10%
21.2%
52.4%
*
Acrylonitrile
3,791
89,055
62,696
1.44%
23.5%
55.4%
Allyl alcohol
24,803
25
5,630
0.13%
18.0%
31.9%
Allyl chloride
5,305
1,801
343
0.01%
16.8%
53.9%
Allylamine
1,633
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Ammonia
1,369,764
94,900
871
0.02%
19.8%
44.4%
Aniline
29
38
3
0.00%
16.7%
54.0%
Anthracene
2
93
0
0.00%
12.6%
46.7%
Antimony and antimony compounds
8
0
3
0.00%
19.5%
46.1%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds
5
0
13,571
0.31%
26.4%
80.4%
Barium and barium compounds
1
0
0
0.00%
19.3%
45.5%
Benzene
59,892
148,172
35,336
0.81%
17.3%
48.1%
Benzoyl chloride
6
82
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Benzoyl Peroxide
0
6
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Benzyl chloride
4,939
0
110,335
2.53%
21.3%
15.8%
Beryllium and beryllium compounds
1
0
152
0.00%
19.3%
45.5%
Biphenyl
699
77,705
1
0.00%
14.8%
49.7%
Bis(2-chloro-1-methethyl)ether
248
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Bromine
6
0
0
0.00%
16.0%
48.0%
Bromoform (Tribromomethane)
6,412
0
441
0.01%
19.3%
45.5%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)
1
0
0
0.00%
19.3%
45.5%
Butyl acrylate
30,383
4,799
5,088
0.12%
18.9%
61.7%
Butyraldehyde
13,560
3,055
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
1
0
113
0.00%
19.3%
45.5%
Carbon disulfide
316
56
0
0.00%
14.3%
9.5%
Carbon tetrachloride
18,030
140,482
11,056
0.25%
17.7%
56.6%
CFC-12
13,420
0
1
0.00%
16.8%
53.9%
Chlorine
47,829
782
34,111
0.78%
16.7%
41.2%
Chloroacetic acid
232
0
3
0.00%
14.2%
8.7%
Chlorobenzene
8,576
447,167
2
0.00%
12.6%
48.1%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
46,918
0
0
0.00%
16.7%
62.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
5,898
95,345
0
0.00%
14.7%
24.1%
Chloroform
21,171
13,061
45,016
1.03%
17.7%
44.9%
Chloromethane
48,073
46,231
790
0.02%
15.0%
24.2%
Chloromethyl methyl ether
150
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chlorophenols
211
0
673
0.02%
14.2%
8.8%
Chromium and chromium compounds
43
0
1,445
0.03%
16.7%
47.1%
Copper and copper compounds
68
0
1
0.00%
13.4%
27.5%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
214
1
0
0.00%
18.6%
15.3%
Cumene
39,925
10
5
0.00%
16.2%
52.3%
Cumene hydroperoxide
411
0
5
0.00%
16.8%
54.0%
Cyanide compounds
845
57
189
0.00%
17.9%
65.6%
Cyclohexane
331,009
95,176
3
0.00%
19.3%
46.5%
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate)
0
1,155
2
0.00%
33.4%
62.0%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)
0
3,309
2,544
0.06%
11.7%
21.6%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)
28
0
0
0.00%
19.4%
45.9%
Dichlorobromomethane
3,267
0
3,572
0.08%
19.3%
45.5%
Dichloromethane
61,210
36,966
10
0.00%
15.2%
40.3%
Dichlorotrifluoroethane
804
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dicyclopentadiene
196
134
44
0.00%
16.5%
51.7%
Diethanolamine
5,521
58
64
0.00%
14.9%
44.2%
Diisocyanates
856
150,891
16,581
0.38%
12.8%
36.2%
Dimethylamine
2,500
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb)
16
19
0
0.00%
14.5%
11.3%
Epichlorohydrin
15,344
4,058
1,235
0.03%
16.8%
51.6%
Ethyl acrylate
12,286
118,054
57
0.00%
32.3%
38.6%
Ethylbenzene
25,942
34,123
732
0.02%
27.1%
32.3%
Ethylene
1,866,911
0
13
0.00%
16.4%
38.4%
Ethylene glycol
14,536
651,952
6
0.00%
15.4%
48.7%
Ethylene oxide
38,375
7
177,720
4.07%
16.6%
44.8%
Ethylidene dichloride
401
6
7
0.00%
19.4%
47.3%
Formaldehyde
49,156
3,447
33,594
0.77%
16.8%
49.3%
Formic acid
1,087
3,900
0
0.00%
15.1%
14.1%
Glycol Ethers
48,488
483,323
104
0.00%
14.2%
30.0%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
125
4,303
43
0.00%
14.5%
48.2%
Hexachlorobenzene
158
5,979
10,104
0.23%
14.9%
46.3%
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
0
1,331
15
0.00%
11.1%
48.8%
Hexachloroethane
717
5,774
250
0.01%
16.2%
51.5%
Hydrazine
280
0
120,234
2.76%
14.2%
8.2%
Hydrochloric acid
142,373
3,017
465
0.01%
17.1%
33.7%
Hydrogen cyanide
36,490
23
7,159
0.16%
18.7%
68.0%
Hydrogen fluoride
76
480
0
0.00%
13.5%
25.6%
Hydroquinone
19
111,760
1
0.00%
18.5%
52.7%
Isobutyraldehyde
16,299
178
67
0.00%
19.0%
60.1%
Lead and lead compounds
275
0
85
0.00%
19.0%
46.0%
Maleic anhydride
1,192
156
532
0.01%
42.8%
23.6%
Methanol
142,022
308,464
3
0.00%
17.3%
43.3%
Methyl acrylate
2,722
8,380
3
0.00%
14.9%
37.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
8,069
7,530
0
0.00%
17.2%
58.2%
Methyl methacrylate
90,260
2,973
24
0.00%
22.6%
56.6%
Methyl tert-butyl ether
11
762
0
0.00%
9.3%
23.0%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
12,126
22,781
145
0.00%
9.9%
29.5%
n-Butyl alcohol
91,003
3,398
23
0.00%
19.3%
46.3%
n-Hexane
26,522
18,290
1
0.00%
16.1%
45.6%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
6,559
1,779,737
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
173
10
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Naphthalene
1,836
842
375
0.01%
17.2%
42.9%
Nickel and nickel compounds
31
0
683
0.02%
11.6%
32.3%
Nitrapyrin
4
0
8
0.00%
15.3%
66.1%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
81
114
0
0.00%
14.5%
61.4%
Nitric acid
363
379
1
0.00%
16.6%
32.0%
o-Cresol
0
28,080
0
0.00%
10.4%
47.1%
Pentachlorobenzene
42
229
1
0.00%
17.7%
45.5%
Pentachloroethane
123
3,364
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Phenanthrene
4
162
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Phenol
14,606
4,944
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Phosgene
728
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Phthalic anhydride
14
11,097
1
0.00%
14.7%
50.8%
Picloram
217
0
0
0.00%
15.8%
48.6%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
0
117
0
0.00%
11.1%
48.8%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
30
67
501
0.01%
15.6%
49.7%
Propionaldehyde
21,324
1,089
411
0.01%
19.1%
60.3%
Propylene (Propene)
490,840
10,781
14
0.00%
16.1%
38.5%
Propylene oxide
61,933
4
14,426
0.33%
18.1%
44.8%
Propyleneimine
8
0
18,506
0.42%
15.6%
45.0%
Pyridine
219
2,083
6
0.00%
14.5%
11.8%
Quinoline
12
1,300
1,074
0.02%
14.6%
13.4%
sec-Butyl alcohol
47
331
0
0.00%
12.2%
42.6%
Selenium and selenium compounds
1,114
0
0
0.00%
18.8%
34.9%
Silver and silver compounds
3
0
0
0.00%
19.3%
45.5%
Sodium nitrite
77
0
0
0.00%
18.4%
14.7%
Styrene
47,418
130,369
8
0.00%
21.8%
42.3%
Sulfuric acid
13,731
1,197
1,767
0.04%
18.5%
66.2%
Sulfuryl fluoride (Vikane)
6,929
0
16
0.00%
17.1%
69.6%
tert-Butyl alcohol
780
0
0
0.00%
24.3%
48.2%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
30,689
36,889
22,346
0.51%
15.2%
44.3%
Thallium and thallium compounds
3
0
1
0.00%
19.3%
45.5%
Titanium tetrachloride
58
10,960
0
0.00%
15.9%
14.0%
Toluene
124,837
491,401
3
0.00%
17.8%
40.1%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
12
19,277
212
0.00%
14.8%
33.0%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
1
4,828
88
0.00%
21.2%
27.9%
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
44
188
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Trichloroethylene
3,648
457
1,024
0.02%
16.9%
53.2%
Triclopyr triethylammonium salt
57
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Triethylamine
2,458
209
24
0.00%
14.4%
11.2%
Vinyl acetate
44,382
170,436
26
0.00%
24.1%
47.2%
Vinyl chloride
21,949
49
15,426
0.35%
17.8%
51.1%
Vinylidene chloride
28,020
37,140
11
0.00%
12.2%
25.9%
**
Xylene (mixed isomers)
61,939
126,287
83
0.00%
29.8%
36.3%
Zinc and zinc compounds
255
0
0
0.00%
15.6%
42.9%
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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