Polymer Additives INC Dba Valtris Specialty Chemicals
Total reported releases 13k lb fell sharply year over year (-36%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 24% since 2010.
7050 KRICK RD, Walton Hills, Ohio · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Polymer Additives 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
Barium And Barium Compounds
Barium And Barium Compounds concentrations have fallen 43% since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have fallen 39% since 2012.
Phenol
Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Nonylphenol
Nonylphenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.
Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds
Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2018.
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations are up 76% since 2018.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (37 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 44,998. 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.