Vinyl acetate

Carcinogen

CAS Number: 108-05-4

Release Summary

Total Releases
1.2M lbs
Number of Facilities
126
Carcinogen
Yes
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxicant
No

Top Releasing Facilities

Facilities with the largest reported releases of Vinyl acetate. Up to 50 shown.

# Facility Release (lbs)
1 CELANESE LTD CLEAR LAKE PLANT 140.3K lbs
2 KURARAY AMERICA INC 115.4K lbs
3 LYONDELLBASELL ACETYLS LLC 103.3K lbs
4 WESTLAKE POLYMERS LLC 80.8K lbs
5 CELANESE EMULSIONS ENOREE PLANT 80.0K lbs
6 DOW SABINE RIVER OPERATIONS 78.5K lbs
7 CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT - LA KE CHARLES FACILITY 48.0K lbs
8 3V SIGMA USA 42.1K lbs
9 CELANESE LTD BAY CITY PLANT 40.7K lbs
10 FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS 38.6K lbs
11 CFF OF AVERY DENNISON (0243081207) 37.8K lbs
12 TRADEBE TREATMENT & RECYCLING OF TN 33.3K lbs
13 EXXON MOBIL CORP - BATON ROUGE PLASTICS PLANT 31.1K lbs
14 WACKER CHEMICAL CORP POLYMERS DIV 27.6K lbs
15 GREEN BAY PACKAGING INC GREEN BAY COATED PRODUCTS DIV 25.2K lbs
16 EVONIK CORP 22.7K lbs
17 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL LA PORTE 21.7K lbs
18 ISP TECHNOLOGIES INC 21.4K lbs
19 DOW VICTORIA SITE 18.2K lbs
20 UNION CARBIDE CORP SEADRIFT PLANT 15.1K lbs
21 ENGINEERED POLYMER SOLUTIONS 11.6K lbs
22 UNION CARBIDE CORP TEXAS CITY PLANT 11.3K lbs
23 SOLUTIA INC 10.9K lbs
24 BENJAMIN MOORE & CO JOHNSTOWN 9.6K lbs
25 SEKISUI SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AMERICA LLC 9.4K lbs
26 KURARAY AMERICA-EVAL BU 8.9K lbs
27 EQUISTAR CHEMICALS CLINTON PLANT 7.6K lbs
28 HB FULLER CO 7.1K lbs
29 FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL 6.4K lbs
30 NOURYON SURFACE CHEMISTRY LLC 6.3K lbs
31 SEKISUI SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AMERICA LLC. - PASADENA PLANT 6.0K lbs
32 ENGINEERED POLYMER SOLUTIONS 5.9K lbs
33 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 5.6K lbs
34 EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP 5.1K lbs
35 MAPEI CORP 5.0K lbs
36 BOSTIK INC. 5.0K lbs
37 ARKEMA COATING RESINS 4.5K lbs
38 AVERY DENNISON FASSON ROLL NA 4.4K lbs
39 OXEA CORP BAY CITY PLANT 4.4K lbs
40 HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP 4.4K lbs
41 H.B. FULLER CO 3.8K lbs
42 H.B. FULLER CO 3.7K lbs
43 MONUMENT CHEMICAL HOUSTON LLC 3.6K lbs
44 ARKEMA COATING RESINS PLANT 3.3K lbs
45 AVERY DENNISON MILL HALL 3.2K lbs
46 US ECOLOGY TEXAS INC 3.0K lbs
47 QUIETFLEX MANUFACTURING CO LP 2.7K lbs
48 EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP 2.3K lbs
49 KURARAY AMERICA BAYPORT 2.2K lbs
50 AVERY DENNISON CORP SPECIALTY TAPE DIV 2.2K lbs

Health Information

Carcinogen Classification: This chemical is classified as a known or suspected carcinogen by the EPA under the Toxic Release Inventory program. This classification is based on evaluations by agencies including the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the National Toxicology Program (NTP), and the EPA itself.

Data comes from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. Release quantities are self-reported by facilities and may represent estimates. The total shown aggregates reports across all facilities and reporting years.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. The presence of a chemical in the TRI database does not by itself indicate a health risk at current exposure levels. For health-related questions about specific chemical exposures, consult your local health agency or a toxicologist.