BASF
Rank in Toxic 100: 4
Rank among all TRI companies: 4
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 5,264,244
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 8,291,467
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 11,936,031
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 3.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 35%
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1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
6,349
41,475
6
0.00%
9.8%
47.4%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
13,552
5
121
0.00%
13.0%
63.1%
1,2-Dichloroethane
33,015
3,082
82,349
0.69%
24.6%
41.8%
1,3-Butadiene
47,405
0
133,763
1.12%
25.6%
56.7%
1,4-Dioxane
1,918
16,161
842
0.01%
15.2%
55.3%
1-[2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl-1H-1,2,4,-triazole
0
3,850
0
0.00%
10.6%
34.4%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
4
87,002
0
0.00%
15.1%
52.8%
2-Ethoxyethanol
2
0
0
0.00%
15.8%
55.6%
2-Methoxyethanol
5
0
0
0.00%
16.3%
55.5%
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid
94
0
0
0.00%
15.0%
52.8%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
250
0
0
0.00%
13.4%
6.4%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
1,250
0
12,537
0.11%
9.1%
36.1%
Acetaldehyde
50
0
9
0.00%
15.4%
28.4%
Acetonitrile
90
2,092
0
0.00%
14.8%
10.5%
Acrolein
290
0
1,144
0.01%
14.3%
57.7%
Acrylamide
181
110
3,491
0.03%
11.4%
34.6%
Acrylic acid
13,234
66,000
1,343
0.01%
15.4%
52.3%
Acrylonitrile
2,146
32
44,994
0.38%
17.3%
38.9%
Ammonia
3,788,483
0
324
0.00%
19.2%
48.4%
Aniline
4,572
15,024
338
0.00%
12.8%
42.4%
Barium compounds
675
0
329
0.00%
35.9%
46.5%
Benzene
30,137
905
25,132
0.21%
24.4%
58.1%
Biphenyl
1,839
36,621
59
0.00%
13.7%
47.9%
Bromine
39
0
0
0.00%
14.8%
10.5%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)
329
0
1
0.00%
14.8%
10.5%
Butyl acrylate
5,225
0
1,159
0.01%
16.3%
52.9%
Butyraldehyde
3,910
25,000
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Carbon tetrachloride
3,000
23,000
1,683
0.01%
16.2%
47.8%
Chlorine
14,788
0
5,348
0.04%
16.7%
31.0%
Chlorobenzene
19,910
56,600
2
0.00%
13.9%
42.8%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
9,100
0
0
0.00%
12.6%
41.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
1,361
0
0
0.00%
13.1%
42.6%
Chloroform
12,039
1,300
22,706
0.19%
15.0%
44.3%
Chloromethane
4,114
0
114
0.00%
10.8%
48.4%
Chlorophenols
0
3,777,179
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chromium compounds
6,231
0
5,580,319
46.75%
23.7%
29.2%
Cobalt compounds
1,761
0
800,586
6.71%
18.5%
25.5%
Copper compounds
7,523
0
914
0.01%
23.7%
28.6%
Cumene
510
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
6.7%
Cyanide compounds
10
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
10.5%
Cyclohexane
31,099
5
0
0.00%
15.1%
58.3%
Cyclohexanol
4,500
700
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)
2,535
2,830
59,554
0.50%
8.7%
35.5%
Diethanolamine
130
0
14
0.00%
10.5%
38.6%
Diisocyanates
2,109
26,732
36,094
0.30%
16.7%
38.1%
Dimethyl phthalate
900
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethyl sulfate
10
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine
829
27,000
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)
853
228,956
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
0
0.00%
15.1%
10.9%
Epichlorohydrin
15
0
3
0.00%
28.9%
71.8%
Ethyl acrylate
493
0
5
0.00%
18.8%
31.2%
Ethylbenzene
23,688
41,813
159
0.00%
22.8%
46.1%
Ethylene
177,661
0
3
0.00%
25.5%
59.2%
Ethylene glycol
14,418
53,627
9
0.00%
11.3%
37.8%
Ethylene oxide
16,696
0
5,028,719
42.13%
15.3%
41.2%
Formaldehyde
11,650
3,057
13,355
0.11%
15.3%
45.3%
Formic acid
20,485
522
0
0.00%
14.0%
41.3%
Glycol Ethers
16,933
0
77
0.00%
15.4%
47.2%
Hydrochloric acid
63,054
0
286
0.00%
14.5%
41.3%
Hydrogen cyanide
33
0
5
0.00%
19.3%
42.0%
Hydrogen fluoride
870
0
2
0.00%
26.1%
77.2%
Isobutyraldehyde
2,540
5,300
21
0.00%
19.8%
75.8%
Lead
0
0
1
0.00%
13.0%
24.7%
Lead compounds
164
0
392
0.00%
41.1%
53.2%
Lithium carbonate
134
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Maleic anhydride
280
0
30
0.00%
14.0%
57.0%
Manganese compounds
344
0
424
0.00%
39.5%
51.3%
Methanol
296,075
235,250
2
0.00%
16.4%
43.8%
Methyl acrylate
11,830
0
6
0.00%
27.1%
46.2%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
3,984
1,176
0
0.00%
14.5%
10.1%
Methyl methacrylate
2,504
0
2
0.00%
19.9%
29.0%
Molybdenum trioxide
108
0
132
0.00%
22.2%
26.8%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
905
961
1
0.00%
15.0%
10.6%
N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine
322
77,631
0
0.00%
14.8%
10.6%
n-Butyl alcohol
5,818
783,940
2
0.00%
15.3%
47.2%
n-Hexane
84,451
840,137
8
0.00%
25.9%
62.7%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
6,437
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
46
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Naphthalene
351
14,497
194
0.00%
13.3%
37.2%
Nickel compounds
808
0
43,621
0.37%
35.7%
46.7%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
23
0
0
0.00%
10.5%
39.2%
Nitric acid
35,020
0
126
0.00%
20.6%
28.8%
Nitrobenzene
3,071
710
4,121
0.03%
15.0%
42.4%
Nonylphenol
134
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
o-Toluidine
599
17,000
2,200
0.02%
18.6%
57.0%
o-Xylene
12,743
205
3
0.00%
15.0%
10.6%
Ozone
6
0
0
0.00%
15.0%
44.3%
p-Chloroaniline
6
54
90
0.00%
14.7%
44.5%
Phenol
1,406
33
0
0.00%
22.2%
58.1%
Phosgene
28
0
8
0.00%
13.9%
42.8%
Phthalic anhydride
34
0
0
0.00%
13.7%
56.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
0
293
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Propargyl alcohol
175
0
2
0.00%
12.1%
40.4%
Propylene (Propene)
119,408
0
4
0.00%
25.0%
62.4%
Propylene oxide
13,566
0
8,230
0.07%
18.0%
37.6%
sec-Butyl alcohol
158
0
0
0.00%
22.8%
42.0%
Sodium dicamba
195
0
0
0.00%
15.0%
52.9%
Sodium nitrite
0
536
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Styrene
9,532
21,524
3
0.00%
18.9%
30.4%
Sulfuric acid
10,663
0
282
0.00%
17.0%
14.7%
tert-Butyl alcohol
22,588
2,140
1
0.00%
18.4%
32.8%
Toluene
57,762
1,406,383
2
0.00%
20.3%
59.5%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
107
301,446
7,188
0.06%
23.6%
69.4%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
1,306
0
8,751
0.07%
8.9%
45.0%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate
327
0
2,189
0.02%
8.9%
44.9%
Triethylamine
5,690
0
29
0.00%
17.4%
32.5%
Vanadium compounds
252
0
4
0.00%
41.7%
54.0%
Vinyl acetate
1,521
0
1
0.00%
12.0%
14.1%
Vinyl chloride
181
0
32
0.00%
14.8%
10.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
125,926
41,571
26
0.00%
21.2%
48.6%
Zinc compounds
364
0
3
0.00%
39.9%
53.0%
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