Toxic Release Inventory data for 2024. 23 facilities reported releasing bis(2-chloroethyl) ether.
| Facility | State | On-site (lb) |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling Specialty Chemicals Llc Sand Springs | Oklahoma | 640 |
| Oxy Vinyls Lp Deer Park-Vcm Plant Deer Park | Texas | 96 |
| Buckman Laboratories Inc. Cadet | Missouri | 65 |
| Oilfield Solutions Inc Midland | Texas | 53 |
| Occidental Chemical Holding Corp Convent | Louisiana | 43 |
| Compass Chemical International Llc Smyrna | Georgia | 4 |
| Occidental Chemical Corp Gregory | Texas | 3 |
| Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc Westlake | Louisiana | 2 |
| Giant Cement Co Harleyville | South Carolina | 0 |
| Westlake Vinyls Inc Calvert City | Kentucky | 0 |
| Baker Petrolite Bayport Facili Ty Pasadena | Texas | 0 |
| Westlake Us 2 Llc Westlake | Louisiana | 0 |
| Clean Harbors Deer Park Llc La Porte | Texas | 0 |
| Heritage Thermal Services East Liverpool | Ohio | 0 |
| Mcgean-Rohco Inc Cleveland | Ohio | 0 |
| Starchem Llc Wellford | South Carolina | 0 |
| Arcwood Environmental - Orange Llc Orange | Texas | 0 |
| Shintech Plaquemine Plant Plaquemine | Louisiana | 0 |
| Lubrizol Corp Elmendorf | Texas | 0 |
| Westlake Vinyls Co Geismar | Louisiana | 0 |
| Haviland Products Co Kalamazoo | Michigan | 0 |
| Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc Plaquemine | Louisiana | 0 |
The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) tracks how much of each listed chemical U.S. industrial facilities release into the environment each year. EPA requires facilities in certain industry sectors that manufacture, process, or otherwise use TRI-listed chemicals above threshold amounts to report annually. In 2024, 23 facilities reported releasing bis(2-chloroethyl) ether to EPA's TRI program.
The primary release pathway is air emissions (905 lb), which includes both stack emissions from industrial processes and fugitive emissions from equipment leaks, evaporation, and other non-point sources.
TRI data represents reported releases, not measured environmental concentrations. A facility reporting large releases of bis(2-chloroethyl) ether is not necessarily causing harm at those levels — toxicity, exposure pathways, and local conditions all matter. Conversely, small reported amounts of highly toxic chemicals can pose greater risk than large amounts of less toxic ones. TRI is a transparency tool, not a risk assessment.
For health information about specific chemicals, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) publishes toxicological profiles, and EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) provides reference doses and cancer classifications.