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Dow Inc.

Rank in Toxic 100: 6
Rank among all TRI companies: 10
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 5,545,673
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 7,645,439
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 4,778,935
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 1.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%

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This company is rank 4 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 34 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
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Vinyl acetate 148,214 1,073,481 48 0.00% 21.1% 46.9%
Certain glycol ethers 19,927 1,033,850 175 0.00% 13.4% 28.4%
Toluene 63,353 849,867 2 0.00% 19.0% 32.2%
Methanol 91,084 702,448 1 0.00% 18.0% 50.8%
Acrylic acid 33,606 550,381 10,314 0.22% 23.3% 58.0%
Methyl acrylate 12,343 466,261 51 0.00% 22.5% 42.8%
Aniline 2,267 436,339 205 0.00% 14.9% 54.4%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 16,389 376,901 1 0.00% 18.8% 53.7%
Acetaldehyde 18,108 296,043 9,412 0.20% 18.1% 67.0%
Benzene 77,473 256,394 40,363 0.84% 19.6% 48.3%
Nitrobenzene 805 225,109 5,362 0.11% 13.9% 47.6%
Diisocyanates 318 187,590 33,953 0.71% 11.3% 49.4%
Acrylonitrile 2,084 167,650 116,094 2.43% 29.0% 43.4%
Chloromethane 17,122 160,945 187 0.00% 20.6% 20.1%
Chlorobenzene 9,223 148,396 1 0.00% 17.3% 64.8%
Butyl acrylate 82,165 133,364 14,430 0.30% 19.8% 60.1%
Styrene 5,402 110,109 3 0.00% 38.4% 29.3%
Ethylene glycol 7,785 77,713 2 0.00% 12.8% 36.7%
Hydroquinone 220 71,267 390 0.01% 17.2% 60.3%
Cyclohexane 2,406 57,483 0 0.00% 17.5% 34.6%
Ethyl acrylate 9,333 52,525 143 0.00% 32.7% 39.4%
1,2-Dichloropropane 3,754 45,074 2,136 0.04% 20.7% 72.5%
1,3-Phenylenediamine 2 26,723 0 0.00% 22.7% 81.8%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 250 22,265 4,048 0.08% 10.9% 47.6%
Phthalic anhydride 1 17,823 0 0.00% 20.8% 75.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 25,894 12,922 30 0.00% 16.5% 35.5%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 7,666 10,277 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Ethylene 2,499,671 9,846 19 0.00% 19.9% 48.2%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0 7,955 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Ethylbenzene 9,265 7,389 269 0.01% 17.4% 41.2%
Methyl methacrylate 93,191 7,111 57 0.00% 20.1% 65.6%
Dicyclopentadiene 310 6,018 83 0.00% 23.0% 46.8%
2-Ethoxyethanol 1,019 5,201 0 0.00% 17.5% 59.6%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 5,427 4,298 8 0.00% 15.4% 22.2%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 71,719 3,139 31 0.00% 18.1% 59.4%
N-Methylolacrylamide 170 2,726 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 1,435,716 2,715 424 0.01% 21.6% 48.8%
Naphthalene 1,523 2,634 469 0.01% 20.2% 49.6%
Biphenyl 411 2,537 11 0.00% 17.2% 30.0%
Butyraldehyde 6,451 2,228 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 3,596 1,903 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Diethanolamine 5,300 1,568 64 0.00% 16.7% 52.7%
Propylene 363,720 1,363 7 0.00% 19.2% 49.5%
Sodium nitrite 0 1,318 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
3-Chloro-2-methyl-1-propene 90 1,200 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 7,485 1,183 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isobutyraldehyde 659 539 2 0.00% 17.7% 61.6%
1,3-Butadiene 38,912 526 52,249 1.09% 19.6% 50.6%
Chloroethane 841 510 0 0.00% 14.9% 23.9%
Acrylamide 1 510 18 0.00% 16.9% 34.2%
Triethylamine 250 377 19 0.00% 10.2% 42.6%
Cyanide compounds 0 178 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,2-Dichloroethane 87 170 346 0.01% 20.3% 72.6%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 5 158 0 0.00% 13.2% 16.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 1,138 144 2 0.00% 21.0% 59.8%
Trichloroethylene 30 112 20 0.00% 20.8% 75.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 71,304 110 325 0.01% 17.0% 44.6%
Pyridine 1 97 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.8%
Anthracene 7 91 0 0.00% 21.2% 49.3%
Maleic anhydride 1,295 65 2,054 0.04% 39.3% 24.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 1,123 60 11,338 0.24% 14.9% 13.4%
m-Xylene 14,350 49 88 0.00% 34.1% 24.1%
Hexachlorobenzene 33 46 206 0.00% 13.7% 54.5%
Allyl alcohol 27,970 42 7,034 0.15% 17.5% 45.7%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 15,483 37 5,204 0.11% 17.7% 72.4%
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 525 19 283 0.01% 20.7% 75.2%
Propionaldehyde 21,412 14 343 0.01% 17.7% 61.4%
Chloroform 574 13 1,758 0.04% 14.8% 16.4%
1,3-Dichloropropylene (1,3-Dichloropropene) 1,377 12 816 0.02% 21.0% 76.5%
Carbon tetrachloride 18 8 14 0.00% 20.3% 49.1%
Propylene oxide 28,420 4 12,189 0.26% 20.2% 54.6%
Nitric acid 1,426 4 7 0.00% 16.0% 38.2%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) (Toluenediamine) 0 3 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Pentachlorobenzene 15 2 0 0.00% 13.4% 53.4%
Phenol 1,752 2 1 0.00% 21.3% 77.4%
Tetrachloroethylene 425 2 15 0.00% 15.1% 19.8%
1,4-Dioxane 6,180 1 467 0.01% 17.7% 54.9%
Acrolein 1,646 1 5,465 0.11% 17.4% 54.4%
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 4 0.00% 15.1% 31.3%
Formaldehyde 29,131 0 28,238 0.59% 17.7% 65.6%
Formic acid 418 0 0 0.00% 17.8% 74.2%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 10 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.5%
Hydrogen cyanide 32,932 0 20,016 0.42% 17.8% 74.2%
Acetonitrile 28 0 0 0.00% 14.0% 14.0%
Ethylene oxide 17,489 0 4,348,128 90.99% 19.2% 48.2%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 52 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 28.1%
Phosgene 162 0 7 0.00% 13.4% 55.3%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 35,020 0 0 0.00% 20.3% 49.1%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 1,149 0 0 0.00% 23.5% 48.1%
2,3-Dichloropropene 38 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Chloroacetic acid 46 0 1 0.00% 14.5% 13.7%
Quinoline 5 0 392 0.01% 13.1% 14.2%
2,4-D 3 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 14.1%
Cumene 107 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 61.7%
Benzyl chloride 2,074 0 33,166 0.69% 19.1% 21.5%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 35 0 1,204 0.03% 22.5% 81.2%
1,2-Butylene oxide 398 0 3 0.00% 20.8% 75.8%
Epichlorohydrin 4,413 0 705 0.01% 20.5% 66.9%
Allyl chloride 349 0 37 0.00% 15.6% 32.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 1,193 0 0 0.00% 17.2% 68.9%
Bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) ether 897 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 16 0 0 0.00% 19.6% 72.6%
Dimethyl phthalate 1 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloro-2-fluoroethane (HCFC-121a) 10 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Glycidol 510 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 155 0 15 0.00% 14.7% 15.6%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 405 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 99 0 0 0.00% 19.2% 20.4%
Picloram 1 0 0 0.00% 20.8% 75.8%
2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester 1 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.6%
Lead 1 0 0 0.00% 17.0% 55.3%
Mercury 5 0 2 0.00% 17.0% 55.3%
Titanium tetrachloride 569 0 0 0.00% 21.1% 34.2%
Chlorine 10,203 0 7,060 0.15% 20.0% 57.9%
Hydrogen sulfide 7,461 0 274 0.01% 22.5% 43.6%
Phosphorus (yellow or white) 24 0 32 0.00% 17.0% 55.3%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 12 0 586 0.01% 14.4% 32.4%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 28 0 0 0.00% 17.1% 8.8%
Lead compounds 29 0 3 0.00% 14.7% 51.2%
Mercury compounds 16 0 1 0.00% 16.4% 52.8%
Silver compounds 50 0 1 0.00% 21.6% 19.6%
Zinc compounds 611 0 2 0.00% 20.3% 57.3%

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