Lead compounds
Lead compounds at Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill have risen 94% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill
Total reported releases 2.5M lb fell meaningfully year over year (-26%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
801 GERDAU DRIVE, Jackson, Tennessee · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Gerdau USA INC
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Notable Signals
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) releases at Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill rose from 161k lb to 275k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) at Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 12% since 2010.
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations are up 94% since 2010.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations are up 16% since 2010.
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are up 48% since 2010.
Nickel compounds
Nickel compounds concentrations are up 16% since 2010.
Cadmium compounds
Cadmium compounds 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 (10 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 19,159. Why we surface this →
32.2%
Low-income
45.3%
People of color
9.5%
Under age 5
14.5%
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.