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Dow Inc.

Rank in Toxic 100: 5
Rank among all TRI companies: 6
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 5,464,404
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 10,042,320
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 10,641,781
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 3.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 42%

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This company is rank 4 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 44 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 11 2,269,414 5 0.00% 21.3% 62.5%
Glycol Ethers 27,513 1,117,668 209 0.00% 14.3% 26.6%
Methanol 105,694 952,822 1 0.00% 18.0% 43.6%
Aniline 2,707 806,887 266 0.00% 15.1% 51.8%
Acetonitrile 7,000 803,190 15 0.00% 15.7% 13.6%
Chlorobenzene 14,999 729,237 1 0.00% 18.5% 63.3%
Dichloromethane 21,099 471,961 21 0.00% 14.7% 17.0%
Toluene 94,547 342,446 2 0.00% 19.1% 31.9%
Benzene 58,703 258,233 37,183 0.35% 19.8% 51.0%
Nitrobenzene 637 250,446 3,008 0.03% 10.8% 40.4%
Acrylic acid 17,671 248,165 5,843 0.05% 26.7% 52.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 47,086 183,137 55 0.00% 18.1% 41.2%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 1,073 180,898 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Chloromethane 25,039 178,522 366 0.00% 17.8% 18.6%
Diisocyanates 66 163,990 4,164 0.04% 14.2% 65.0%
Vinyl acetate 68,982 147,778 27 0.00% 18.6% 63.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 28,835 125,367 1 0.00% 21.7% 25.9%
Cyclohexane 2,239 100,947 0 0.00% 18.1% 33.0%
Pentachlorophenol 4 78,256 3 0.00% 22.7% 75.2%
Carbon tetrachloride 9,609 65,062 10,382 0.10% 20.5% 73.8%
Biphenyl 2,180 58,349 72 0.00% 21.6% 27.9%
Methyl methacrylate 73,245 47,165 29 0.00% 22.0% 57.5%
1,3-Phenylenediamine 3 40,491 0 0.00% 25.2% 80.7%
Nitrapyrin 26 40,250 95 0.00% 16.1% 71.5%
o-Cresol 598 36,803 0 0.00% 19.1% 55.5%
Ethyl acrylate 12,424 35,892 132 0.00% 33.7% 37.8%
Ethylbenzene 11,736 31,457 363 0.00% 18.9% 42.7%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 74 26,148 0 0.00% 15.4% 33.2%
Chlorophenols 1,574 26,087 8,217 0.08% 20.6% 55.6%
Butyl acrylate 25,190 26,005 8,895 0.08% 20.7% 65.1%
n-Hexane 20,578 20,367 2 0.00% 18.0% 50.3%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 12,872 17,825 479 0.00% 16.9% 32.2%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 10 17,573 144 0.00% 11.6% 49.3%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 36 16,697 0 0.00% 23.0% 19.8%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,150 16,460 82 0.00% 14.3% 14.1%
Hydrochloric acid 151,502 14,600 667 0.01% 17.7% 42.0%
Naphthalene 2,890 13,923 806 0.01% 18.8% 52.5%
n-Butyl alcohol 75,839 9,927 22 0.00% 18.4% 58.5%
Ethylene glycol 9,205 9,820 2 0.00% 19.3% 36.8%
Ammonia 1,461,991 6,921 348 0.00% 22.7% 44.2%
Hydroquinone 80 6,729 209 0.00% 18.3% 66.2%
2-Ethoxyethanol 1,366 6,678 0 0.00% 18.6% 58.2%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 329 4,500 1 0.00% 13.6% 14.1%
Dicyclopentadiene 1,870 4,352 507 0.00% 23.5% 52.2%
Styrene 11,212 3,727 4 0.00% 33.6% 36.0%
Nonylphenol 7,100 3,408 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyhalothrin 0 3,400 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Chloroform 3,085 2,340 15,100 0.14% 14.4% 53.2%
Triethylamine 590 1,917 8 0.00% 14.2% 23.4%
Propylene (Propene) 311,880 1,862 7 0.00% 19.5% 53.1%
Hexachlorobenzene 40 1,782 402 0.00% 15.1% 58.4%
Acetaldehyde 18,607 1,695 4,425 0.04% 18.6% 51.8%
Propylene oxide 36,278 1,562 15,923 0.15% 20.7% 47.9%
Methyl acrylate 280 1,332 6 0.00% 18.5% 56.4%
Diethanolamine 5,118 1,187 60 0.00% 15.6% 51.6%
Ethylene 2,245,355 1,111 17 0.00% 19.8% 51.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 161 810 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 1,939 713 0 0.00% 15.9% 19.8%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 3,001 584 30,565 0.29% 16.9% 12.7%
Isoprene 3,437 561 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Butyraldehyde 6,619 558 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Acrylamide 2 484 60 0.00% 22.3% 26.3%
Anthracene 1,046 475 0 0.00% 17.5% 50.2%
Hydrogen fluoride 3 389 0 0.00% 13.5% 67.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,962 361 6 0.00% 18.6% 38.7%
Sulfuric acid 26,239 333 2,883 0.03% 18.0% 64.4%
Chlorine 27,209 278 22,683 0.21% 19.6% 48.2%
Cyanide compounds 0 249 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenanthrene 2,269 243 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Formic acid 2,591 230 0 0.00% 17.1% 43.3%
Isobutyraldehyde 741 230 3 0.00% 18.7% 61.9%
1,3-Butadiene 24,814 169 34,309 0.32% 20.4% 52.5%
Chloroacetic acid 913 130 17 0.00% 16.2% 13.4%
Phenol 2,165 121 1 0.00% 23.1% 76.1%
m-Xylene 14,458 105 86 0.00% 34.5% 24.9%
Pyridine 261 101 9 0.00% 15.8% 13.7%
Acrylonitrile 2,326 96 120,517 1.13% 29.8% 45.0%
Formaldehyde 41,983 54 63,063 0.59% 17.8% 65.5%
Allyl alcohol 30,592 52 7,217 0.07% 17.0% 47.4%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb) 2 42 0 0.00% 13.3% 14.4%
Vinylidene chloride 700 37 0 0.00% 15.4% 13.6%
1,2-Dichloroethane 1,089 33 3,733 0.04% 17.2% 24.0%
Cumene 688 29 0 0.00% 20.5% 63.5%
2-Methylpyridine 1,317 12 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Propionaldehyde 59,693 12 762 0.01% 17.4% 60.9%
1,2-Dichloropropane 4,809 11 2,738 0.03% 22.6% 71.3%
Phthalic anhydride 10 8 0 0.00% 17.1% 51.5%
Pentachlorobenzene 18 6 0 0.00% 14.6% 56.6%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 45 6 1,765 0.02% 25.0% 80.4%
Nitric acid 291 6 3 0.00% 21.0% 26.7%
Ethylene oxide 76,277 5 10,085,854 94.78% 20.2% 41.9%
1,2-Butylene oxide 612 4 5 0.00% 22.7% 75.3%
Hexachloroethane 13 3 8 0.00% 22.7% 75.2%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 114 3 30 0.00% 22.7% 75.2%
Trichloroethylene 64 3 43 0.00% 22.7% 75.3%
1,3-Dichloropropylene 1,782 2 1,072 0.01% 23.0% 75.9%
Crotonaldehyde 1 2 6 0.00% 16.3% 13.0%
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine 2 1 0 0.00% 23.4% 77.0%
Bis(2-chloro-1-methethyl)ether 1,135 1 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 407 0 216 0.00% 22.6% 74.2%
Acrolein 2,257 0 8,755 0.08% 17.2% 52.9%
Hydrogen sulfide 1,324 0 58 0.00% 18.0% 51.0%
1,4-Dioxane 6,787 0 885 0.01% 17.9% 52.7%
Hydrogen cyanide 33,034 0 9,460 0.09% 17.9% 72.6%
Vinyl chloride 630 0 249 0.00% 19.9% 68.7%
Carbon disulfide 213 0 0 0.00% 14.3% 14.2%
Phosgene 1,295 0 205 0.00% 14.3% 26.2%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 14,220 0 0 0.00% 22.0% 49.4%
tert-Butyl alcohol 1,035 0 1 0.00% 21.5% 46.0%
Pentachloroethane 7 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
2,3-Dichloropropene 68 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
sec-Butyl alcohol 10 0 0 0.00% 17.9% 62.4%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 91 0 889 0.01% 22.7% 75.2%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 5 0 0 0.00% 24.3% 79.0%
Quinoline 13 0 1,271 0.01% 15.8% 13.4%
2,4-D [Acetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-] 264 0 1 0.00% 13.3% 14.4%
Benzyl chloride 1,971 0 31,270 0.29% 19.1% 21.6%
Epichlorohydrin 4,807 0 717 0.01% 22.1% 66.0%
1-Bromopropane 1,206 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Allyl chloride 490 0 50 0.00% 16.7% 32.0%
Chloromethyl methyl ether 650 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Maleic anhydride 1,261 0 1,970 0.02% 39.7% 25.5%
Dimethylamine 4,480 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Hydrazine 170 0 89,140 0.84% 16.6% 12.9%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 86 0 0 0.00% 22.8% 75.4%
Glycidol 572 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
3-Chloro-2-methyl-1-propene 134 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 132 0 0 0.00% 20.1% 20.9%
Picloram 581 0 0 0.00% 14.2% 23.2%
2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester 2 0 0 0.00% 15.2% 13.6%
2,4-D butoxyethyl ester 2 0 0 0.00% 13.0% 14.1%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 20 0 0 0.00% 13.2% 15.9%
Lead 3 0 1 0.00% 18.1% 54.0%
Mercury 20 0 5 0.00% 18.1% 54.0%
Titanium tetrachloride 986 0 0 0.00% 24.2% 38.7%
Phosphorus (yellow or white) 90 0 95 0.00% 18.1% 54.0%
Bromine 24 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 56.4%
Barium compounds 7 0 2 0.00% 22.7% 75.2%
Chromium compounds 13 0 507 0.00% 15.6% 37.2%
Copper compounds 38 0 0 0.00% 20.1% 12.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 5 0.00% 15.7% 33.7%
Lead compounds 37 0 5 0.00% 15.6% 53.8%
Mercury compounds 20 0 2 0.00% 16.0% 55.1%
Silver compounds 50 0 1 0.00% 23.0% 20.0%
Zinc compounds 675 0 2 0.00% 20.9% 65.6%

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