Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol releases at The Dow Chemical CO - Louisiana Operations rose from 5k lb to 54k lb (11.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
The Dow Chemical CO - Louisiana Operations
Total reported releases 2.0M lb fell modestly year over year (-6%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 26% since 2010.
21255 LA HWY 1 S, Plaquemine, Louisiana · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Dow INC
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Notable Signals
Chloroethane
Chloroethane releases at The Dow Chemical CO - Louisiana Operations fell from 60k lb to 113 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) releases at The Dow Chemical CO - Louisiana Operations fell from 117k lb to 44k lb (63% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane at The Dow Chemical CO - Louisiana Operations have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Ethylene
Ethylene concentrations are up 64% since 2010.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Propylene
Propylene concentrations are up 43% since 2010.
Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are up 93% since 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 7,637. Why we surface this →
17.8%
Low-income
46.7%
People of color
7.9%
Under age 5
11.4%
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.