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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2010 Aug;75(4):479–504. doi: 10.1177/0003122410374822

Table 1.

10 Dirtiest Chemical Plants

Plant Name City State
10 Dirtiest Plants (Hazard-Based Emissions)
 Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corp. Galena KS
 Pharmacia and Upjohn Co. Kalamazoo MI
 Pfizer Inc. Parke-Davis Div. Holland MI
 Onyx Environmental Services West Carrollton OH
 Celanese Ltd. Clear Lake Pasadena TX
 Lenzing Fibers Corp. Lowland TN
 BP Chemicals Green Lake Port Lavaca TX
 Equistar Chemicals Victoria Victoria TX
 Firestone Polymers Sulphur LA
 Lyondell Chemical Co. Bayport Pasadena TX
10 Dirtiest Plants (Risk-Based Emissions)
 Air Prods. L.P. Pasadena TX
 CIBA Speciality Chemical Corp. Suffolk VA
 Exxon Mobil Baton Rouge LA
 DDE Louisville Louisville KY
 Lenmar Baltimore MD
 DuPont Old Hickory TN
 Sensient Colors Gibraltar PA
 Albemarle Corp. Orangeburg SC
 Linde Gas La Porte TX
 Dak Americas L.L.C. Moncks Corner SC