BASF
Rank in Toxic 100: 2
Rank among all TRI companies: 4
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 3,980,308
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 7,309,722
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 8,446,509
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 2.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 37%
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Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)
941
0
2
0.00%
26.0%
82.5%
Isobutyraldehyde
4,732
393
50
0.00%
19.2%
78.1%
Epichlorohydrin
12
0
3
0.00%
27.7%
71.7%
o-Toluidine
593
25,800
2,772
0.03%
19.9%
60.0%
Acrolein
350
0
2,978
0.04%
13.8%
59.9%
Propylene
131,442
0
3
0.00%
20.6%
59.4%
Maleic anhydride
88
0
22
0.00%
13.7%
59.3%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
13,124
212,906
6
0.00%
14.8%
59.0%
Biphenyl
1,810
0
68
0.00%
13.5%
58.9%
Manganese
95
0
54
0.00%
13.4%
58.5%
Cyclohexane
34,986
1,359,000
1
0.00%
14.2%
57.5%
Vanadium compounds
251
0
4
0.00%
38.8%
57.1%
Zinc compounds
359
0
3
0.00%
36.6%
57.0%
Certain glycol ethers
7,833
12,790
68
0.00%
14.4%
56.3%
Toluene
54,445
1,285,961
1
0.00%
20.3%
55.7%
Lead compounds
399
0
740
0.01%
38.1%
55.7%
Ethylene
162,467
0
2
0.00%
20.9%
55.6%
Acrylic acid
9,364
8,210
1,760
0.02%
14.7%
55.4%
Butyl acrylate
5,516
3,134
1,155
0.01%
15.3%
55.1%
Sodium dicamba
8
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
54.1%
Dicamba
6
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
54.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
542
0
252
0.00%
36.0%
53.8%
Benzene
36,298
469
21,054
0.25%
18.1%
52.2%
Ethylbenzene
19,722
800
139
0.00%
22.3%
50.9%
Manganese compounds
428
0
505
0.01%
34.7%
50.1%
Nickel compounds
763
0
41,457
0.49%
33.9%
49.5%
Chloromethane
2,166
0
62
0.00%
10.5%
49.5%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
4,656
0
4
0.00%
10.3%
49.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
11
0
41
0.00%
17.9%
49.1%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
35
45,108
1
0.00%
10.2%
49.1%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
446
0
68
0.00%
34.1%
48.6%
Phthalic anhydride
40
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
48.3%
n-Hexane (Hexane)
76,331
1,404,000
6
0.00%
18.5%
47.5%
Carbon tetrachloride
2,220
17,200
1,405
0.02%
15.7%
47.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
107,216
62
24
0.00%
19.4%
46.8%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
2,741,734
0
237
0.00%
18.4%
46.4%
Formaldehyde
13,330
22,648
17,422
0.21%
14.6%
45.9%
Methyl acrylate
11,837
0
7
0.00%
26.2%
45.7%
Hydrogen cyanide
2,687
0
110
0.00%
15.6%
45.1%
Chloroform
11,805
17,870
26,171
0.31%
14.7%
44.8%
Formic acid
21,646
743
0
0.00%
13.8%
43.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
37,508
0
164
0.00%
15.0%
43.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
3,665
0
5
0.00%
21.6%
42.6%
Phosgene
26
0
8
0.00%
13.6%
42.6%
Methanol
214,394
163,453
1
0.00%
17.0%
42.5%
Naphthalene
221
0
51
0.00%
15.0%
42.3%
Chlorobenzene
21,110
3,120
2
0.00%
13.3%
42.2%
1,3-Butadiene
22,371
0
49,600
0.59%
18.3%
42.1%
Nitrobenzene
2,674
1,070
4,583
0.05%
13.9%
41.9%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)
209
0
0
0.00%
22.7%
41.7%
Ethylene oxide
14,848
0
5,000,145
59.20%
14.7%
41.4%
Triethylamine
2,682
976
18
0.00%
13.0%
40.5%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
11,200
0
0
0.00%
12.2%
40.4%
Aniline
6,530
29,040
463
0.01%
11.7%
39.8%
Propargyl alcohol
175
0
2
0.00%
11.8%
39.7%
Ethylene glycol
13,422
69,503
10
0.00%
11.9%
39.6%
Cyanide compounds
23
9,691
2
0.00%
18.3%
39.4%
Propylene oxide
14,259
0
8,753
0.10%
17.5%
39.2%
Diisocyanates
2,059
37,955
35,026
0.41%
17.3%
39.2%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
41
5,057
143
0.00%
19.8%
38.9%
1,2-Dichloroethane
8,595
10,616
16,784
0.20%
21.8%
38.9%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
13
0
0
0.00%
10.3%
38.7%
Chloroethane
1,485
0
0
0.00%
12.8%
38.6%
Diethanolamine
165
0
20
0.00%
9.0%
38.3%
Propiconazole
108
0
0
0.00%
24.3%
37.7%
Nitric acid
18,135
0
85
0.00%
19.0%
37.7%
Acrylonitrile
3,919
12
51,289
0.61%
17.2%
36.9%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
1,319
0
13,390
0.16%
9.1%
34.9%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)
21,042
10,700
0
0.00%
18.1%
34.3%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) (Toluenediamine)
2,584
2,800
61,473
0.73%
8.7%
34.3%
Methyl methacrylate
2,054
9,157
2
0.00%
21.4%
31.8%
Ethyl acrylate
359
663
5
0.00%
20.4%
31.3%
Styrene
10,401
4,096
3
0.00%
18.6%
31.0%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
3,908
0
3,062,069
36.25%
23.0%
30.6%
Chlorine
10,174
0
3,757
0.04%
16.2%
30.5%
Acetaldehyde
25
0
4
0.00%
15.6%
29.3%
Cobalt compounds
30
0
17,424
0.21%
18.3%
28.6%
Acrylamide
102
4,749
2,030
0.02%
12.2%
28.2%
Molybdenum trioxide
232
5,585
239
0.00%
20.2%
27.5%
Barium
113
0
55
0.00%
20.4%
26.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like
0
0
1
0.00%
15.3%
18.5%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
8,407
0
223
0.00%
16.7%
13.8%
o-Xylene
9,500
51
2
0.00%
15.5%
10.7%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
1,030
5,128
1
0.00%
15.5%
10.6%
Vinyl acetate
816
12
1
0.00%
11.2%
10.6%
Pendimethalin
264
196,026
0
0.00%
15.4%
10.5%
Acetonitrile
263
8,090
0
0.00%
15.4%
10.5%
Vinyl chloride
98
201
18
0.00%
15.4%
10.5%
Bromomethane (Methyl bromide)
216
0
1
0.00%
15.4%
10.5%
Bromine
199
0
3
0.00%
15.3%
10.4%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
1,790
2,132
0
0.00%
17.6%
8.0%
Phenol
11
0
0
0.00%
19.2%
7.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
250
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
7.3%
Cumene
510
0
0
0.00%
18.7%
6.9%
Dimethyl sulfate
10
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexanol
1,590
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Butyraldehyde
7,272
393
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine
5,451
2,711
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate
810
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
5,900
4,830
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
46
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)
961
184,753
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chlorophenols
0
2,120,057
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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