Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde releases at Adm Corn Processing-Columbus rose from 62k lb to 95k lb between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Adm Corn Processing-Columbus
Total reported releases 601k lb rose modestly year over year (+11%). Total releases concentrations are up 26% since 2010.
3000 E 8TH ST, Columbus, Nebraska · 311221 · Food · operated by Archer Daniels Midland Co
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Notable Signals
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) releases at Adm Corn Processing-Columbus fell from 21k lb to 8k lb (62% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations are up 23% since 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have fallen 47% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations are up 97% since 2023.
Acrolein
Acrolein concentrations have more than doubled since 2021.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled 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.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (4 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 3,909. Why we surface this →
19.4%
Low-income
21.1%
People of color
4.4%
Under age 5
13.5%
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.