Methanol
Methanol releases at Nalco Fresno Facility rose from 31k lb to 516k lb (16.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 645k lb rose by an order of magnitude year over year (+954%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
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Methanol releases at Nalco Fresno Facility rose from 31k lb to 516k lb (16.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene releases at Nalco Fresno Facility rose from 6k lb to 50k lb (7.7×) between 2023 and 2024.
Zinc compounds releases at Nalco Fresno Facility fell from 12k lb to 759 lb (93% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.
Naphthalene concentrations are up 26% since 2015.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 16% since 2015.
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2016.
Ethylbenzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Nonylphenol concentrations have more than halved since 2017.
Toluene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Within 3 miles of this facility (29 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 68,145. 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.