Lemar-Des Moines
Total reported releases 11 lb rose by an order of magnitude year over year (+405%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2019.
2070 NE 60TH AVE, Des Moines, Iowa · 332312 · Fabricated Metals · operated by Berkshire Hathaway 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
Manganese
Manganese concentrations have more than halved since 2020.
Nickel
Nickel concentrations have more than halved since 2020.
Chromium
Chromium concentrations have more than halved since 2019.
Copper
Copper volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Lead
Lead volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (14 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 22,741. 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.