BASF
Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 14
Surface Water releases 2014 (lbs): 7,736,805
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2014 (lbs): 2,417,726
Pounds released post-treatment 2014 (lbs): 7,987,453
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2014: 2,083,126,819
Percentage of national total 2014 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.801%
Chemicals displayed below: ( display facilities ) ( display chemicals at facilities )
(Click on column headers to re-sort table: current sort is by pounds of POTW transfers.)
(Links on chemical names lead to Scorecard chemical health effects.)
Nitrate compounds
7,552,340
1,266,622
7,552,340
4,757,974
0.23%
Methanol
79
583,250
46,331
46,331
0.00%
Ammonia
52,448
381,751
205,530
0
0.00%
Ethylene glycol
769
48,726
4,638
2,319
0.00%
Sodium nitrite
110,000
35,003
144,355
1,443,554
0.07%
Aniline
0
27,295
2,159
12,306,502
0.59%
Biphenyl
0
17,076
195
155,733
0.01%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone
2
14,956
1,190
0
0.00%
Acrylamide
0
9,013
716
357,816,210
17.18%
tert-Butyl alcohol
876
7,738
5,075
50,746
0.00%
Propylene oxide
471
5,356
891
213,759,482
10.26%
Styrene
43
4,457
271
1,354
0.00%
p-Chloroaniline
0
2,987
1,606
176,704,942
8.48%
Copper and copper compounds
496
2,630
1,220
1,830,079
0.09%
Dibutyl phthalate
0
2,500
19
195
0.00%
Ethylene oxide
164
1,811
305
67,156,772
3.22%
n-Butyl alcohol
0
1,500
119
1,187
0.00%
Nickel and nickel compounds
281
1,483
1,196
108,856
0.01%
Toluene
15
900
60
785
0.00%
Glycol ethers
11,424
787
11,486
2,067,568
0.10%
Chromium and chromium compounds
8
379
97
48,721,997
2.34%
n-Hexane
0
255
0
3
0.00%
Zinc and zinc compounds
2,381
242
2,463
8,128
0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
0
214
8
42
0.00%
Acrylic acid
1
174
15
30
0.00%
Barium and barium compounds
64
145
109
545
0.00%
Diethanolamine
0
134
11
7,526
0.00%
Butyl acrylate
3
72
8
16
0.00%
Methyl methacrylate
7
70
12
9
0.00%
Lead and lead compounds
5
70
30
537,865
0.03%
Lithium carbonate
6
25
31
0
0.00%
Molybdenum trioxide
1
20
20
7,788
0.00%
1,2-Dichloroethane
19
16
26
2,340,083
0.11%
Diisocyanates
0
15
0
0
0.00%
Ethyl acrylate
9
14
10
483,072
0.02%
Diuron
0
12
6
112,837
0.01%
Hydrazine
0
5
1
2,250,000
0.11%
Epichlorohydrin
0
5
3
26,705
0.00%
Nitric acid
5
5
5
1,350
0.00%
Manganese and manganese compounds
28
5
31
221
0.00%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
47
5
50
0
0.00%
Acrylonitrile
8
2
8
4,404,348
0.21%
Mercury and mercury compounds
1
1
1
13,143
0.00%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)
273
0
273
873,600,000
41.94%
Dioxane
2,643
0
2,643
264,300,000
12.69%
o-Toluidine
193
0
193
46,320,000
2.22%
Acetaldehyde
183
0
183
1,445,700
0.07%
Triethylamine
638
0
638
319,000
0.02%
Bromine
5
0
5
10,500
0.00%
Chloromethane
2
0
2
2,600
0.00%
Formaldehyde
156
0
156
780
0.00%
Methyl acrylate
14
0
14
447
0.00%
2-Methoxyethanol
2
0
2
360
0.00%
Formic acid
640
0
640
320
0.00%
Naphthalene
5
0
5
250
0.00%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds
1
0
1
196
0.00%
Acetonitrile
2
0
2
116
0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
5
0
5
65
0.00%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
5
0
5
50
0.00%
sec-Butyl alcohol
5
0
5
50
0.00%
Pendimethalin
5
0
5
50
0.00%
o-Xylene
5
0
5
25
0.00%
Vinyl acetate
10
0
10
10
0.00%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
7
0
7
2
0.00%
2-Ethoxyethanol
0
0
0
1
0.00%
Carbon tetrachloride
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Chloroform
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Benzene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Ethylene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hydrogen cyanide
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Phosgene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Dimethyl sulfate
5
0
5
0
0.00%
Isobutyraldehyde
0
0
0
0
0.00%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Phthalic anhydride
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate
0
0
0
0
0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Nitrobenzene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Ethylbenzene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline
0
0
0
0
0.00%
1,3-Butadiene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Acrolein
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Allyl chloride
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Propargyl alcohol
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Maleic anhydride
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Chlorobenzene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Cyclohexanol
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Phenol
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Cyclohexane
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Propylene (Propene)
0
0
0
0
0.00%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
0
0
0
0
0.00%
2,4-Dichlorophenol
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paraldehyde
1
0
1
0
0.00%
Butyraldehyde
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Dimethylamine
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Dimethyl phthalate
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Titanium tetrachloride
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hydrochloric acid
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Sulfuric acid
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Chlorine
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Ozone
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Toluenediisocyanate
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Chlorophenols
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Cyanide compounds
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
0
0
0
0
0.00%
Toxic hazard : Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2014, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes .
Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers : Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.
Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases : Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.
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