Acetonitrile
Acetonitrile releases at Cepheid - Bothell rose from 35k lb to 74k lb (2.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 99k lb more than doubled year over year (+182%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2017.
1631 220TH ST SE, Bothell, Washington · 325413 · Chemicals · operated by Danaher CORP
Acetonitrile releases at Cepheid - Bothell rose from 35k lb to 74k lb (2.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
Acetonitrile concentrations have more than doubled since 2017.
Dichloromethane concentrations have fallen 32% since 2021.
Within 3 miles of this facility (78 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 119,858. 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.