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