Toxic Release Inventory data for 2024. 25 facilities reported releasing bromine.
| Facility | State | On-site (lb) |
|---|---|---|
| Albemarle Corp South Plant Magnolia | Arkansas | 41.8k |
| Lanxess - South Plant El Dorado | Arkansas | 19.2k |
| Albemarle Corp West Plant Magnolia | Arkansas | 17.9k |
| Tetra Chemicals West Memphis | Arkansas | 11.6k |
| Lanxess - Central El Dorado | Arkansas | 10.2k |
| Eastman Chemical Co Tennessee Operations Kingsport | Tennessee | 6.0k |
| Lanxess - West Plant Magnolia | Arkansas | 3.4k |
| Albemarle Corp Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 703 |
| 3m Technical Ceramics Inc. Quapaw | Oklahoma | 276 |
| Acs Technical Products Inc. Griffith | Indiana | 127 |
| Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials Us 5 Llc West Alexandria | Ohio | 114 |
| Amvac Chemical Co Axis | Alabama | 54 |
| Far Research Inc. (Dba Far Chemical Inc.) Palm Bay | Florida | 18 |
| Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau | Missouri | 2 |
| Parker Lord Corp Saegertown | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Winchester Interconnect Cm Corp Dayville | Connecticut | 0 |
| Albemarle Amendments Llc Twinsburg | Ohio | 0 |
| Westlake Us 2 Llc Westlake | Louisiana | 0 |
| Covestro Llc Baytown | Texas | 0 |
| Colstrip Steam Electric Station Colstrip | Montana | 0 |
| Enviro Tech Chemical Services-Plant 6 Helena | Arkansas | 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, 25 facilities reported releasing bromine to EPA's TRI program.
Releases are spread across all three environmental pathways: 106.1k lb to air (stack and fugitive emissions), 119 lb to water (surface water discharges), and 6.0k lb to land (landfills, surface impoundments, and land treatment).
TRI data represents reported releases, not measured environmental concentrations. A facility reporting large releases of bromine 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.