Cambrex Charles City INC
Total reported releases 37k lb more than doubled year over year (+98%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 42% since 2010.
1205 11TH ST, Charles City, Iowa · 325411 · Chemicals · operated by Cambrex CORP
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
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Methyl tert-butyl ether
Methyl tert-butyl ether concentrations have more than doubled since 2017.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 42% since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are up 42% since 2013.
Dichloromethane
Dichloromethane concentrations have fallen 15% since 2011.
Formamide
Formamide concentrations have fallen 18% since 2023.
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 fallen 38% since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (9 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 8,734. 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.