Barton Solvents INC Des Moines
Total reported releases 3k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+26%). Total releases concentrations are up 91% since 2010.
1970 NE BROADWAY, Des Moines, Iowa · 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers · operated by Barton Solvents INC
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are up 74% since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are up 55% since 2013.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 36% since 2010.
Methyl tert-butyl ether
Methyl tert-butyl ether concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2020.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (41 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 47,759. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.