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Dow Inc.

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 8
Rank among all TRI companies: 13
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 5,590,627
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 13,019,829
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 4,582,836
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 1.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 49%

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This company is rank 1 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 35 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse 100 Suppliers database.

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Ethylene oxide 17,317 3 4,164,307 90.87% 19.2% 48.9%
Acrylonitrile 2,188 211,405 118,465 2.58% 29.3% 43.1%
Diisocyanates 560 116,773 59,086 1.29% 11.5% 51.1%
Benzene 102,589 406,905 40,855 0.89% 20.0% 47.3%
1,3-Butadiene 23,160 23 31,376 0.68% 20.6% 50.0%
Benzyl chloride 1,894 0 30,183 0.66% 19.1% 21.5%
Hydrogen cyanide 31,883 0 19,650 0.43% 17.8% 74.2%
Formaldehyde 24,621 0 16,604 0.36% 17.6% 61.8%
Butyl acrylate 83,636 231,179 14,638 0.32% 19.8% 59.6%
Propylene oxide 28,368 3 13,762 0.30% 20.2% 53.0%
Chlorine 11,827 0 8,883 0.19% 20.0% 59.6%
Acrylic acid 24,795 1,276,677 8,570 0.19% 25.5% 54.0%
Allyl alcohol 27,243 33 6,818 0.15% 17.5% 45.5%
Acrolein 1,602 0 5,384 0.12% 17.3% 54.4%
Hydroquinone 226 195,600 5,159 0.11% 23.8% 70.5%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 112 0 4,601 0.10% 22.7% 81.7%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 10,311 5,343 4,450 0.10% 17.8% 73.8%
Acetaldehyde 16,507 275,246 4,276 0.09% 18.5% 55.1%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 255 1,141 4,147 0.09% 10.9% 47.7%
Nitrobenzene 807 214,858 3,795 0.08% 11.0% 41.5%
1,2-Dichloropropane 5,695 292,194 3,307 0.07% 20.7% 73.2%
Maleic anhydride 1,361 26 2,113 0.05% 39.1% 24.7%
1,4-Dioxane 11,772 0 1,730 0.04% 17.9% 52.7%
1,2-Dichloroethane 451 53 1,486 0.03% 20.1% 71.3%
1,3-Dichloropropylene (1,3-Dichloropropene) 1,637 10 927 0.02% 21.0% 76.4%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 87 0 852 0.02% 20.8% 75.7%
Epichlorohydrin 4,752 0 778 0.02% 20.5% 65.7%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 2 0 730 0.02% 12.6% 14.7%
Quinoline 9 0 714 0.02% 13.1% 14.2%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 1,494,718 948 450 0.01% 22.0% 48.6%
Hydrogen sulfide 11,655 0 444 0.01% 22.7% 43.2%
Naphthalene 1,313 3,338 426 0.01% 20.6% 50.5%
Hexachlorobenzene 53 3,338 368 0.01% 14.5% 57.3%
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 618 9 330 0.01% 20.7% 75.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 65,466 37 324 0.01% 17.9% 48.9%
Propionaldehyde 20,387 10,941 323 0.01% 17.7% 61.3%
Ethylbenzene 8,823 17,434 257 0.01% 17.1% 42.3%
Aniline 3,001 646,095 249 0.01% 14.9% 53.4%
Certain glycol ethers 25,836 1,092,544 222 0.00% 15.2% 39.7%
Chloromethane 15,812 191,030 204 0.00% 20.5% 21.7%
Chloroform 56 0 186 0.00% 20.6% 75.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 34 43 181 0.00% 19.7% 37.0%
Dicyclopentadiene 514 4,347 138 0.00% 23.7% 44.3%
Ethyl acrylate 8,105 3,835 134 0.00% 34.0% 35.8%
Acrylamide 5 30 117 0.00% 19.7% 29.9%
Trichloroethylene 163 3 109 0.00% 20.8% 75.8%
m-Xylene 12,762 84 83 0.00% 34.8% 24.2%
Methyl acrylate 10,813 2,285,118 69 0.00% 21.6% 42.7%
Diethanolamine 5,294 15 64 0.00% 16.7% 52.5%
Allyl chloride 587 0 59 0.00% 15.2% 31.8%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 197 0 52 0.00% 20.8% 75.7%
2-Methyllactonitrile (Acetone cyanohydrin) 940 0 47 0.00% 17.7% 73.7%
Vinyl acetate 119,794 2,281,640 43 0.00% 21.2% 47.5%
Carbon tetrachloride 46 43 41 0.00% 20.6% 64.2%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 73,981 21,692 40 0.00% 18.3% 51.5%
Methyl methacrylate 60,997 103,524 39 0.00% 21.2% 61.4%
Tetrachloroethylene 1,003 12 36 0.00% 15.5% 23.6%
Ethylene 2,637,742 8,004 21 0.00% 20.2% 48.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 16,589 49,449 20 0.00% 16.3% 34.9%
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 30 0 15 0.00% 20.8% 75.7%
Biphenyl 395 1,917 11 0.00% 17.3% 32.9%
Ethylene glycol 14,490 226,648 9 0.00% 9.1% 30.0%
Nitric acid 1,561 2 8 0.00% 16.1% 38.6%
Propylene 292,006 1,317 7 0.00% 19.9% 49.6%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 4,888 5,195 7 0.00% 15.4% 22.2%
1,2-Butylene oxide 732 20 6 0.00% 20.8% 75.7%
Phosgene 125 0 5 0.00% 13.4% 55.3%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (Hexachlorobutadiene) 14 72 5 0.00% 20.7% 75.5%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 38 0 5 0.00% 20.7% 75.7%
Hexachloroethane 7 1 5 0.00% 20.7% 75.7%
Phthalic anhydride 0 48,901 4 0.00% 24.1% 69.5%
Toluene 96,884 995,647 4 0.00% 12.0% 28.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 4 0.00% 15.0% 29.2%
Zinc compounds 1,143 0 3 0.00% 20.0% 61.8%
Styrene 6,252 139,662 3 0.00% 38.6% 27.9%
Isobutyraldehyde 551 419 2 0.00% 17.7% 61.9%
Cumene 3,524 204 1 0.00% 20.9% 76.1%
Phenol 1,731 0 1 0.00% 21.3% 77.4%
Chlorobenzene 4,855 21,672 1 0.00% 17.6% 66.9%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 10,480 0 1 0.00% 19.5% 56.4%
Acetonitrile 467 0 1 0.00% 14.5% 13.8%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 535 217 1 0.00% 20.0% 61.5%
Pentachlorophenol 1 0 1 0.00% 20.8% 75.7%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 68 0 1 0.00% 17.1% 8.8%
Methanol 84,917 1,363,799 1 0.00% 18.1% 45.4%
Triethylamine 11 0 1 0.00% 10.5% 44.3%
Silver compounds 49 0 1 0.00% 21.7% 19.2%
Mercury compounds 1 0 0 0.00% 20.5% 49.4%
Chloroacetic acid 26 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.7%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 85 0 0 0.00% 20.8% 75.9%
Lead compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 23.6% 22.5%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 1,494 0 0 0.00% 18.0% 72.6%
Bromine 4 0 0 0.00% 19.3% 71.6%
Pentachlorobenzene 23 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 54.3%
2,4-D 21 0 0 0.00% 13.0% 14.4%
Formic acid 686 2,192 0 0.00% 12.2% 53.7%
Pyridine 2 82 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.8%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 5 1,354 0 0.00% 13.2% 16.1%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 825 0 0 0.00% 22.3% 45.8%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 12 0 0 0.00% 14.0% 13.7%
Cyclohexane 2,443 220,340 0 0.00% 16.8% 31.1%
1,3-Phenylenediamine 5 26,946 0 0.00% 22.7% 81.8%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 97 0 0 0.00% 19.2% 20.4%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 14 0 0 0.00% 21.1% 76.7%
2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester 3 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.6%
2,4-D 2-butoxyethyl ester 2 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.4%
Chloroethane 394 480 0 0.00% 16.6% 30.0%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 6 0 0 0.00% 22.1% 79.9%
Anthracene 3 44 0 0.00% 21.1% 49.1%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 9 0 0 0.00% 17.1% 62.5%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1 0 0 0.00% 20.7% 75.7%
Titanium tetrachloride 26 0 0 0.00% 21.1% 34.2%
Pentachloroethane 16 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 2,507 1,306 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
2,3-Dichloropropene 84 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb) 0 22 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) ether 1,154 1 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Butyraldehyde 5,538 1,930 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate 1 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Glycidol 819 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
3-Chloro-2-methyl-1-propene 209 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 425 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 179 168 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Triclopyr-triethylammonium salt 1 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyanide compounds 0 232 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0 4,453 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 5,874 1,188 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 8,908 2,372 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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