Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS
850 LINCOLN CENTRE DR, FOSTER CITY, CA, 94404
Parent company: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES 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 | Dichloromethane | Acetonitrile | Acetone | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2012 | 198 | — | — | 198 | ||
| 2011 | 254 | — | — | 254 | ||
| 2010 | 177 | — | — | 177 | ||
| 2009 | 208 | 160 | — | 368 | ||
| 2008 | 133 | 95 | — | 228 | ||
| 2007 | 86 | 258 | — | 344 | ||
| 2006 | 66 | 19 | — | 85 | ||
| 2005 | 37 | 6 | — | 43 | ||
| 2004 | 1,566 | 426 | — | 1,992 | ||
| 2003 | 3,847 | 1,511 | — | 5,358 | ||
| 2002 | 915 | 887 | — | 1,802 | ||
| 2001 | 1,283 | 2,018 | — | 3,301 | ||
| 1999 | 600 | 625 | — | 1,225 | ||
| 1998 | 400 | 300 | — | 700 | ||
| 1997 | 550 | 560 | — | 1,110 | ||
| 1996 | 550 | 550 | — | 1,100 | ||
| 1995 | 550 | 560 | — | 1,110 | ||
| 1994 | 610 | 650 | — | 1,260 | ||
| 1993 | 1,000 | 650 | — | 1,650 | ||
| 1992 | 1,750 | 1,050 | — | 2,800 | ||
| 1991 | 2,250 | 1,650 | 1,000 | 4,900 | ||
| 1990 | 1,750 | — | — | 1,750 | ||
| 1989 | 1,350 | — | — | 1,350 | ||
▎ 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.