Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BORDEN CHEMICAL INC
1401 S CIRCLE AVE, FOREST PARK, IL, 60130
Parent company: BORDEN INC
Carcinogen
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Formaldehyde | Phenol | Methanol | Naphthalene | Biphenyl | Total (lbs) |
| 1997 | 84 | 1,330 | 1,690 | — | 400 | 4,457 |
| 1996 | 201 | 3,000 | 5,100 | 297 | 1,000 | 11,727 |
| 1995 | 182 | 3,016 | 4,801 | 280 | 1,000 | 9,554 |
| 1994 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 755 | 4,545 |
| 1993 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 755 | 4,555 |
| 1992 | 1,500 | 2,380 | 1,000 | 1,000 | — | 6,890 |
| 1991 | 2,350 | 2,350 | 1,000 | 1,592 | — | 8,302 |
| 1990 | 2,070 | 2,650 | 1,000 | — | — | 7,240 |
| 1989 | 12,175 | 2,800 | 1,000 | — | — | 17,975 |
| 1988 | 12,470 | 3,600 | 1,000 | — | — | 19,070 |
| 1987 | 3,999 | — | 1,997 | — | — | 7,992 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.