Dichloromethane
Dichloromethane releases at Lanxess - Central rose from 70k lb to 727k lb (10.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Lanxess - Central
Total reported releases 1.0M lb more than tripled year over year (+200%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 36% since 2010.
2226 HAYNESVILLE HWY, El Dorado, Arkansas · 325180 · Chemicals · operated by Lanxess CORP
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Notable Signals
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide releases at Lanxess - Central rose from 5k lb to 20k lb (3.9×) between 2023 and 2024.
Tetrabromobisphenol A
Tetrabromobisphenol A at Lanxess - Central have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Methanol
Methanol at Lanxess - Central have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Dichloromethane
Dichloromethane concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2012.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than doubled since 2018.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than halved since 2011.
Bromine
Bromine concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Bromomethane
Bromomethane concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2017.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (11 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 8,746. Why we surface this →
49.8%
Low-income
50.9%
People of color
7.7%
Under age 5
18.6%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.