The Dow Chemical Co
5 facilities · 5 states · 4.9M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, The Dow Chemical Co is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 5 states, disclosing 4.9M lbs of toxic releases. 45 of 133 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (4.7M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for The Dow Chemical Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for The Dow Chemical Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-12.0%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-12.0%
945.8 thousand lb → 832.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- The Dow Chemical Co's total reported releases fell from 945.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 832.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Dow Chemical Co's land releases rose from 44.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 86.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Dow Chemical Co's off-site transfers fell from 11.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Dow Chemical Co's water releases fell from 106.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 84.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read The Dow Chemical Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility; Union Carbide Corp Technology Park Operations; Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC; Dow Chemical Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene; Ammonia; Propylene; Zinc compounds; Benzene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; West Virginia; North Carolina. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Other. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility; Union Carbide Corp Technology Park Operations; Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC; Dow Chemical Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene; Ammonia; Propylene; Zinc compounds; Benzene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; West Virginia; North Carolina. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Other.
The Dow Chemical Co ranks #272 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. The Dow Chemical Co files across 5 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility accounts for most of The Dow Chemical Co's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for The Dow Chemical Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where The Dow Chemical Co sits among TRI parents
The Dow Chemical Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Targa Resources Corp and Ineos US I Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Targa Resources Corp · rank #270 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #271 · 94.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by The Dow Chemical Co
Ethylene; Ammonia; Propylene; Zinc compounds; Benzene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ethylene | 2.1M lbs |
| Ammonia | 735.4K lbs |
| Propylene | 467.5K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 286.8K lbs |
| Benzene | 196.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1 | 4.7M lbs |
| West Virginia | 1 | 155.0K lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 3.5K lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 2.9K lbs |
| California | 1 | 20 lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility Freeport, TX | 4.7M lbs |
| Union Carbide Corp Technology Park Operations South Charleston, WV | 155.0K lbs |
| Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC Charlotte, NC | 3.5K lbs |
| Dow Chemical Co Marietta, GA | 2.9K lbs |
| Dow Chemical Co General Latex & Chemical Corp Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 20 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest The Dow Chemical Co on total disclosed release pounds (4.9M lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Clariant Corp, Smyrna Ready Mix LLC, Baxter International Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Texas, West Virginia, North Carolina; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with The Dow Chemical Co's TRI parent record
From The Dow Chemical Co, open Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for The Dow Chemical Co (Dow Chemical Co Freeport Facility in TX). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where The Dow Chemical Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Targa Resources Corp, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
The Dow Chemical Co's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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