BASF
Rank in Toxic 100: 7
Rank among all TRI companies: 12
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 4,874,294
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 6,847,938
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 6,174,596
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 1.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 42%
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1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
11,825
36,040
11
0.00%
11.1%
48.4%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
14,375
136
116
0.00%
13.8%
64.3%
1,2-Dichloroethane
8,160
5,792
17,138
0.28%
24.4%
39.9%
1,3-Butadiene
29,565
3,290
75,717
1.23%
21.8%
44.0%
1,4-Dioxane
2,065
25,200
892
0.01%
15.4%
53.1%
1-[2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl-1H-1,2,4,-triazole
0
19
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
2,191
38,113
36
0.00%
11.1%
48.4%
2-Ethoxyethanol
2
0
0
0.00%
16.0%
53.5%
2-Methoxyethanol
5
0
0
0.00%
16.7%
53.6%
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid
189
0
0
0.00%
11.0%
48.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
500
0
0
0.00%
18.7%
4.9%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
1,250
0
12,375
0.20%
8.8%
37.6%
Acetaldehyde
255
0
44
0.00%
16.9%
28.2%
Acetonitrile
655
2,434
0
0.00%
15.7%
15.4%
Acrolein
265
0
1,824
0.03%
16.4%
56.9%
Acrylamide
165
11,688
3,234
0.05%
11.1%
32.5%
Acrylic acid
14,273
13
2,531
0.04%
18.1%
50.8%
Acrylonitrile
1,531
187
35,860
0.58%
19.1%
36.9%
Ammonia
3,457,615
23
391
0.01%
19.8%
48.3%
Aniline
3,627
5,642
259
0.00%
12.1%
41.4%
Barium compounds
551
0
263
0.00%
39.0%
48.1%
Benzene
20,591
1,115
15,459
0.25%
21.5%
51.7%
Biphenyl
2,342
2,066
89
0.00%
16.5%
55.2%
Bromine
69
1
1
0.00%
15.7%
9.6%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)
227
0
1
0.00%
15.8%
9.7%
Butyl acrylate
9,546
592
2,113
0.03%
18.6%
53.7%
Butyraldehyde
11,013
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Carbon tetrachloride
3,000
27,000
1,870
0.03%
16.8%
48.1%
Chlorine
1,741
0
1,062
0.02%
14.4%
41.5%
Chlorobenzene
19,900
10,000
2
0.00%
14.3%
43.2%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
10,700
0
0
0.00%
12.7%
41.8%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
1,410
0
0
0.00%
13.3%
42.7%
Chloroform
8,439
230
17,338
0.28%
15.4%
44.2%
Chloromethane
3,890
0
120
0.00%
11.3%
48.6%
Chlorophenols
0
1,520,330
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chromium compounds
483
0
426,464
6.91%
37.3%
49.4%
Cobalt compounds
98
0
30,174
0.49%
18.4%
26.0%
Copper compounds
940
0
61
0.00%
37.6%
46.6%
Cumene
10
0
0
0.00%
15.9%
9.8%
Cyanide compounds
10
0
0
0.00%
15.9%
9.8%
Cyclohexane
23,496
0
0
0.00%
16.9%
56.9%
Cyclohexanol
3,217
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)
2,521
1,300
57,654
0.93%
8.3%
37.1%
Diethanolamine
885
0
35
0.00%
14.7%
29.0%
Diisocyanates
3,391
7,308
121,204
1.96%
21.5%
41.1%
Dimethyl phthalate
879
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethyl sulfate
10
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine
244
4,700
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)
896
292,532
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
2
0.00%
16.0%
41.8%
Epichlorohydrin
16
0
4
0.00%
29.3%
71.5%
Ethyl acrylate
1,035
13
12
0.00%
21.5%
37.1%
Ethylbenzene
19,123
36,547
97
0.00%
23.5%
42.7%
Ethylene
97,700
0
1
0.00%
24.0%
52.8%
Ethylene glycol
12,927
7,143
9
0.00%
10.3%
36.5%
Ethylene oxide
16,977
0
5,273,186
85.40%
15.4%
41.4%
Formaldehyde
14,977
140
24,258
0.39%
16.9%
51.4%
Formic acid
24,582
17,478
0
0.00%
15.6%
39.8%
Glycol Ethers
15,961
0
71
0.00%
15.6%
48.8%
Hydrochloric acid
51,864
0
258
0.00%
14.7%
42.2%
Hydrogen cyanide
12
0
2
0.00%
20.4%
41.0%
Hydrogen fluoride
1,005
0
3
0.00%
24.5%
79.1%
Isobutyraldehyde
2,961
1,000
18
0.00%
19.6%
68.4%
Lead
1
0
3
0.00%
13.0%
23.7%
Lead compounds
126
0
326
0.01%
42.4%
51.0%
Lithium carbonate
42
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Maleic anhydride
110
0
23
0.00%
16.5%
56.8%
Manganese
89
0
41
0.00%
15.9%
55.9%
Manganese compounds
58
0
16
0.00%
19.7%
27.0%
Methanol
453,418
35,365
4
0.00%
14.7%
45.1%
Methyl acrylate
12,506
0
7
0.00%
27.8%
44.1%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
3,916
1,046
0
0.00%
16.8%
7.9%
Methyl methacrylate
3,940
16,930
4
0.00%
22.1%
36.7%
Molybdenum trioxide
7
0
3
0.00%
20.3%
25.7%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
963
1,126
1
0.00%
15.9%
9.8%
N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine
318
190,025
0
0.00%
15.7%
9.7%
n-Butyl alcohol
14,772
1,800,041
6
0.00%
16.5%
53.7%
n-Hexane
67,010
779,025
6
0.00%
23.1%
56.6%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
6,043
178,000
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Naphthalene
577
32,343
134
0.00%
19.8%
38.7%
Nickel compounds
742
0
37,136
0.60%
38.3%
47.1%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
22
0
0
0.00%
14.0%
37.3%
Nitric acid
32,591
0
145
0.00%
21.8%
27.5%
Nitrobenzene
2,869
470
3,867
0.06%
15.2%
42.5%
o-Toluidine
579
20,000
2,419
0.04%
19.6%
59.2%
o-Xylene
11,577
106
2
0.00%
16.0%
10.0%
Ozone
650
0
0
0.00%
15.4%
44.2%
p-Chloroaniline
5
349
74
0.00%
15.4%
44.5%
Paraldehyde
52
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Phenol
1,186
0
0
0.00%
23.1%
77.3%
Phosgene
36
0
11
0.00%
13.9%
42.8%
Phthalic anhydride
37
0
0
0.00%
15.9%
56.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
0
45
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Propargyl alcohol
175
0
2
0.00%
12.2%
41.2%
Propylene (Propene)
102,483
0
4
0.00%
22.9%
58.1%
Propylene oxide
13,248
0
6,618
0.11%
17.0%
38.8%
sec-Butyl alcohol
151
0
0
0.00%
23.4%
41.5%
Sodium dicamba
16
0
0
0.00%
14.6%
52.3%
Sodium nitrite
0
5,986
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Styrene
12,480
1,511
5
0.00%
20.4%
34.2%
Sulfuric acid
9,617
0
282
0.00%
18.1%
16.1%
tert-Butyl alcohol
7,532
23,000
1
0.00%
24.6%
46.4%
Toluene
52,388
1,621,831
2
0.00%
19.9%
59.2%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
147
46,231
1,067
0.02%
23.5%
62.5%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
5
0
34
0.00%
9.0%
45.0%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate
1
0
9
0.00%
9.1%
45.0%
Triethylamine
5,595
0
34
0.00%
18.0%
32.7%
Vanadium compounds
280
0
4
0.00%
42.1%
50.6%
Vinyl acetate
2,041
24
1
0.00%
12.5%
15.6%
Vinyl chloride
46
0
8
0.00%
15.7%
9.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
115,628
36,413
40
0.00%
15.4%
45.8%
Zinc compounds
64
0
0
0.00%
20.7%
32.8%
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