Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Tyson Fresh Meats INC Waterloo Iowa have risen 93% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Tyson Fresh Meats INC Waterloo Iowa
Total reported releases 97k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+22%). Total releases concentrations are up 93% since 2010.
501 N ELK RUN RD, Waterloo, Iowa · 311611 · Food · operated by Tyson Foods INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Ammonia
Ammonia at Tyson Fresh Meats INC Waterloo Iowa have risen 93% since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are up 93% since 2010.
Peracetic acid
Peracetic acid concentrations have more than halved since 2015.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (7 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 7,782. Why we surface this →
49.6%
Low-income
28.4%
People of color
6.3%
Under age 5
14.8%
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.