Dow Chemical
Rank in Toxic 100: 14
Rank among all TRI companies: 50
Air releases 2014 (lbs): 5,737,819
Incineration transfers 2014 (lbs): 8,889,416
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2014: 1,468,379
Percentage of national total 2014 toxic air and incineration score: 0.336%
EJ: Poor Share: 20.2%
EJ: Minority Share: 38.8%
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Rv
1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride
93
872
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
6
31
0
0.00%
20.0%
51.2%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
705
6,512
61
0.00%
17.6%
15.0%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,907
111,893
837
0.06%
20.2%
63.2%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,364
71,745
24,317
1.66%
19.9%
65.0%
1,2-Butylene oxide
643
13
3
0.00%
16.9%
52.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane
27,782
250,721
85,553
5.83%
19.2%
52.7%
1,2-Dichloroethylene
841
96
2
0.00%
16.8%
52.5%
1,2-Dichloropropane
9,056
673,521
460
0.03%
18.9%
48.5%
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,176
2,790
420
0.03%
17.5%
54.4%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
5,497
16,441
74
0.01%
20.2%
31.3%
1,3-Butadiene
24,841
935
47,256
3.22%
20.2%
50.4%
1,3-Dichloropropylene
1,176
6,300
577
0.04%
17.4%
59.3%
1,3-Phenylenediamine
61
0
1
0.00%
9.3%
25.6%
1,4-Dioxane
12,117
0
3,588
0.24%
19.1%
49.2%
2-Ethoxyethanol
1,047
4,432
0
0.00%
18.4%
54.2%
2-Methoxyethanol
969
0
4
0.00%
19.1%
49.7%
2-Methylpyridine
1,430
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2-Nitropropane
33,751
0
18,367
1.25%
19.8%
32.4%
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
3,390
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,3-Dichloropropene
160
1,134
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4-D [Acetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-]
100
8
1
0.00%
16.6%
13.4%
2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester
3
0
0
0.00%
17.7%
12.8%
2,4-D sodium salt
15
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
4,270
0
50
0.00%
17.9%
12.9%
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
12
0
5
0.00%
17.9%
12.9%
3-Chloro-2-methyl-1-propene
179
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,130
12,643
1
0.00%
20.0%
57.8%
4,4'-Methylenebis(2-chloroaniline)
0
0
4
0.00%
11.8%
41.4%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
31
6
551
0.04%
18.4%
53.4%
Acetaldehyde
36,871
40,231
7,375
0.50%
19.7%
48.4%
Acetonitrile
10,222
718,051
26
0.00%
18.7%
20.2%
Acetophenone
5
1,744
0
0.00%
19.7%
54.9%
Acrolein
1,514
75
6,170
0.42%
19.1%
51.4%
Acrylamide
5
39
173
0.01%
23.4%
28.9%
Acrylic acid
14,633
569,631
6,529
0.44%
29.6%
49.9%
Acrylonitrile
1,968
261,533
186,737
12.72%
27.8%
53.8%
Allyl alcohol
41,302
31
10,151
0.69%
18.9%
43.3%
Allyl chloride
2,399
1,343
193
0.01%
17.4%
48.7%
Ammonia
1,461,944
13,668
1,768
0.12%
23.9%
46.2%
Aniline
398
6
34
0.00%
18.1%
53.5%
Anthracene
0
33,024
0
0.00%
21.1%
66.7%
Antimony and antimony compounds
2
0
1
0.00%
23.2%
49.0%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds
2
0
976
0.07%
23.2%
49.0%
Barium and barium compounds
2
0
0
0.00%
23.2%
49.0%
Benzene
65,006
185,112
56,221
3.83%
20.5%
51.8%
Benzyl chloride
5,786
0
93,690
6.38%
17.4%
14.6%
Beryllium and beryllium compounds
1
0
280
0.02%
23.2%
49.0%
Biphenyl
337
68,702
75
0.01%
20.8%
66.3%
Bis(2-chloro-1-methethyl)ether
427
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether
0
4
7
0.00%
21.1%
70.9%
Bromine
125
415
8
0.00%
16.4%
21.3%
Bromoform (Tribromomethane)
5,546
5
704
0.05%
23.2%
49.0%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)
18
2,375
1
0.00%
18.7%
47.7%
Butyl acrylate
25,176
14,545
8,204
0.56%
23.5%
61.7%
Butyraldehyde
12,446
477
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Carbon disulfide
440
337
0
0.00%
17.6%
13.8%
Carbon tetrachloride
12,420
6,328
13,116
0.89%
20.9%
62.4%
Chlorine
43,460
477
29,999
2.04%
19.1%
41.9%
Chloroacetic acid
904
0
17
0.00%
18.0%
12.9%
Chlorobenzene
3,555
180,635
2
0.00%
20.3%
67.4%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
39,927
0
0
0.00%
21.7%
47.4%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
4,238
5,294
0
0.00%
18.0%
20.8%
Chloroform
10,893
4,217
25,075
1.71%
19.5%
42.9%
Chloromethane
35,761
85,677
554
0.04%
19.7%
23.9%
Chloromethyl methyl ether
590
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chlorophenols
222
0
938
0.06%
17.9%
13.0%
Chromium and chromium compounds
26
0
8,654
0.59%
21.9%
48.3%
Copper and copper compounds
115
0
2
0.00%
20.3%
35.8%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
165
0
0
0.00%
20.1%
16.8%
Crotonaldehyde
1
0
6
0.00%
18.2%
12.5%
Cumene
20,674
479
4
0.00%
15.9%
51.6%
Cumene hydroperoxide
111
0
2
0.00%
17.0%
52.7%
Cyanide compounds
0
3,736
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexane
11,819
100,690
0
0.00%
18.4%
56.4%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)
3
42
0
0.00%
23.2%
56.7%
Dichlorobromomethane
2,845
10
5,736
0.39%
23.2%
49.0%
Dichloromethane
46,153
1,185,772
170
0.01%
12.7%
42.5%
Dicyclopentadiene
627
1,124
183
0.01%
23.7%
48.9%
Diethanolamine
5,132
3,974
63
0.00%
19.1%
50.9%
Diisocyanates
1,151
155,837
54,577
3.72%
14.7%
38.0%
Dimethylamine
2,800
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb)
9
71
0
0.00%
20.4%
28.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
14
9
0.00%
16.0%
49.3%
*
Epichlorohydrin
11,348
1,172
1,284
0.09%
17.2%
52.3%
Ethyl acrylate
12,489
128,453
144
0.01%
37.2%
34.0%
Ethylbenzene
19,458
25,136
519
0.04%
18.9%
33.0%
Ethylene
2,028,590
405
19
0.00%
19.4%
48.2%
Ethylene glycol
10,953
60,200
5
0.00%
16.8%
53.1%
Ethylene oxide
47,192
0
365,690
24.90%
19.3%
45.5%
Ethylidene dichloride
361
94
7
0.00%
24.5%
48.9%
Formaldehyde
56,849
512
67,306
4.58%
19.3%
49.0%
Formic acid
2,311
162,101
0
0.00%
20.2%
20.0%
Freon 113
28
42
0
0.00%
23.1%
50.4%
Glycidol
134,981
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Glycol Ethers
28,304
933,588
208
0.01%
16.3%
31.5%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
90
7,039
71
0.00%
22.3%
61.7%
Hexachlorobenzene
177
4,617
11,812
0.80%
21.1%
54.2%
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
4
903
22
0.00%
20.9%
66.8%
Hexachloroethane
252
5,895
179
0.01%
20.9%
57.8%
Hydrazine
440
0
230,707
15.71%
18.3%
12.3%
Hydrochloric acid
116,896
8,745
701
0.05%
17.9%
42.1%
Hydrogen cyanide
10,963
16
3,000
0.20%
20.4%
70.4%
Hydrogen fluoride
108
2,987
0
0.00%
14.8%
26.3%
Hydrogen sulfide
2,509
0
104
0.01%
18.9%
48.2%
Hydroquinone
66
67,040
1
0.00%
25.2%
66.9%
Isobutyraldehyde
2,120
119
8
0.00%
19.7%
58.1%
Isoprene
2,358
319
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Lead and lead compounds
59
0
31
0.00%
16.3%
51.3%
m-Xylene
15,757
10,310
103
0.01%
38.9%
23.3%
Maleic anhydride
1,302
59
1,867
0.13%
41.9%
23.1%
Mercury and mercury compounds
22
0
6
0.00%
15.8%
51.1%
Methanol
143,304
814,619
1
0.00%
19.7%
44.8%
Methyl acrylate
342
2,793
1
0.00%
20.3%
45.0%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
12,201
54,662
0
0.00%
20.1%
49.2%
Methyl methacrylate
67,973
103,878
27
0.00%
25.7%
52.7%
n-Butyl alcohol
82,140
42,151
25
0.00%
19.6%
52.0%
n-Hexane
17,928
26,615
2
0.00%
18.4%
49.5%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
3,666
164,807
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
161
7
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
10,890
0
200
0.01%
10.9%
31.8%
Naphthalene
1,136
124,196
954
0.06%
21.5%
59.4%
Nickel and nickel compounds
265
0
7,881
0.54%
22.9%
49.1%
Nitrapyrin
53
52,806
2,601
0.18%
14.1%
76.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
2
0
0
0.00%
16.5%
66.9%
Nitric acid
288
0
2
0.00%
20.1%
32.7%
Nitromethane
66,098
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Pentachlorobenzene
66
185
2
0.00%
19.7%
51.0%
Pentachloroethane
37
2,467
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Pentachlorophenol
0
250
3
0.00%
21.3%
68.3%
Phenanthrene
0
236
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Phenol
12,508
21,011
5
0.00%
16.7%
50.5%
Phosgene
547
0
185
0.01%
16.9%
14.8%
Phthalic anhydride
0
29
0
0.00%
28.1%
55.4%
Picloram
205
33
0
0.00%
15.5%
51.5%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
1
74
12
0.00%
23.2%
49.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
2,502
6,100
35,695
2.43%
18.7%
14.3%
Propionaldehyde
24,480
261
442
0.03%
19.7%
59.0%
Propylene (Propene)
393,969
12,898
11
0.00%
18.0%
47.0%
Propylene oxide
40,554
236
16,906
1.15%
19.4%
38.6%
Pyridine
254
16,750
13
0.00%
19.1%
25.4%
Quinoline
7
16,294
12,251
0.83%
22.0%
55.1%
sec-Butyl alcohol
72
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
42.9%
Selenium and selenium compounds
1,128
0
1
0.00%
18.7%
35.2%
Silver and silver compounds
1
0
0
0.00%
23.2%
49.0%
Styrene
16,833
204,569
5
0.00%
35.4%
32.1%
Sulfuric acid
13,686
795
2,579
0.18%
20.1%
67.7%
Sulfuryl fluoride (Vikane)
4,084
0
14
0.00%
19.6%
71.4%
tert-Butyl alcohol
609
1,140
0
0.00%
22.1%
42.2%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
26,502
11,111
1,051
0.07%
18.2%
39.6%
Thallium and thallium compounds
1
0
0
0.00%
23.2%
49.0%
Titanium tetrachloride
15
6
0
0.00%
20.0%
37.0%
Toluene
89,843
492,883
2
0.00%
21.6%
39.0%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
10
11,451
278
0.02%
15.2%
40.2%
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
58
974
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Trichloroethylene
2,032
1,082
798
0.05%
17.5%
52.2%
Triclopyr triethylammonium salt
160
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Triethylamine
2,911
2,200
41
0.00%
17.9%
16.6%
Vinyl acetate
38,375
187,723
40
0.00%
21.6%
64.5%
Vinyl chloride
2,468
286
1,873
0.13%
17.2%
52.2%
Vinylidene chloride
18,385
42,573
21
0.00%
10.7%
26.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
65,707
243,699
89
0.01%
20.9%
44.2%
Zinc and zinc compounds
3,452
0
10
0.00%
16.9%
32.0%
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 2014 were revised downwards since 2014, 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. (1)
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