Wheatland Tube CO - Chicago Div
Total reported releases 147k lb held roughly steady year over year (+2%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
4435 S WESTERN BLVD, Chicago, Illinois · 335932 · Electrical Equipment · operated by Zekelman Industries 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 2012.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene concentrations are up 36% since 2019.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 23% since 2010.
Zinc (fume or dust)
Zinc (fume or dust) concentrations are up 23% since 2010.
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 more than halved since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have fallen 16% since 2019.
Lead
Lead concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (271 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 340,729. 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.