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