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