The Gillette CO. Llc/P&G North Chicago Plant
Total reported releases 3k lb more than tripled year over year (+215%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
3500 W 16TH ST, North Chicago, Illinois · 325620 · Chemicals · operated by The Gillette Co LLC
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
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Selenium compounds
Selenium compounds concentrations have fallen 49% since 2016.
Aluminum (fume or dust)
Aluminum (fume or dust) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (57 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 89,758. 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.