Copper compounds
Copper compounds releases at Rpm Wood Finishes Group INC rose from 2k lb to 15k lb (6.7×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Rpm Wood Finishes Group INC
Total reported releases 27k lb more than doubled year over year (+133%). Total releases concentrations are up 50% since 2010.
3194 HICKORY BLVD, Hudson, North Carolina · 325510 · Chemicals · operated by Rpm International INC
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Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have fallen 33% since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 35% since 2010.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than halved since 2020.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 39% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (11 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 15,444. Why we surface this →
38.1%
Low-income
10.1%
People of color
3.8%
Under age 5
17.5%
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.