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Industry: chemicals
Penalty Total since 2000$28,035,317,907
Number of Records: 5,505
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Bayer$15,782,107,495124
DuPont de Nemours$1,801,562,698244
ChemChina$1,516,167,92451
Dow Inc.$1,110,342,428262
Chemours$1,016,375,394122
Mosaic Co.$898,981,519106
Solvay$563,714,782124
Chi Mei Corporation$527,296,6365
LyondellBasell Industries$370,808,027268
Kolon Industries$360,000,0001

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
BayerBayerproduct safety violation2020private lawsuit-federal$9,600,000,000
Bayer AGBayerdrug or medical equipment safety violation2020private lawsuit-state$1,600,000,000
Syngenta AGChemChinaproduct safety violation2018private lawsuit-federal$1,510,000,000
Dow ChemicalDow Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$835,000,000
Mosaic Fertilizer, LLCMosaic Co.environmental violation2015EPA$810,200,000
Bayer AGBayerproduct safety violation2011private lawsuit-federal$750,000,000
Monsanto CompanyBayerenvironmental violation2022OR-AG$698,000,000
ChemoursChemoursenvironmental violation2024private lawsuit-federal$592,000,000
Monsanto CompanyBayerenvironmental violation2022private lawsuit-federal$537,500,000
DuPont de NemoursDuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2024private lawsuit-federal$400,000,000
Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLCSolvayenvironmental violation2023NJ-AG$393,000,000
Monsanto Co.Bayerenvironmental violation2003private lawsuit-federal$390,000,000
Bayer AGBayerdrug or medical equipment safety violation2019private lawsuit-federal$387,500,000
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyDuPont de Nemoursproduct safety violation2013private lawsuit-federal$377,000,000
Kolon Industries Inc.Kolon Industriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015DOJ_CRIMINAL$360,000,000
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and CompanyDuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2017private lawsuit-federal$335,350,000
ChemoursChemoursenvironmental violation2017private lawsuit-federal$335,350,000
Tronox Inc.Tronoxenvironmental violation2010DOJ$270,000,000
Bayer CorporationBayerFalse Claims Act and related2003DOJ_CIVIL$251,000,000
Bayer AGBayerprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$250,375,190
Chi Mei OptoelectronicsChi Mei Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$220,000,000
Albemarle CorporationAlbemarleForeign Corrupt Practices Act2023DOJ_CRIMINAL(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $196,700,000
CF Industries Inc.CF Industriesenvironmental violation2010EPA$176,201,500
Lyondell Chemical CompanyLyondellBasell Industriesenvironmental violation2010USAO$162,000,000
Dow Chemical CompanyDow Inc.environmental violation2017private lawsuit-federal$131,250,000
Equistar Chemicals LPLyondellBasell Industriesenvironmental violation2007EPA$127,500,000
Monsanto Co.Bayerenvironmental violation2013private lawsuit-state$122,500,000
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPChevron Phillips Chemicalenvironmental violation2022EPA$121,400,000
Westlake Chemical CorporationWestlake Chemicalenvironmental violation2022EPA$111,000,000
Chimei Innolux Corp.Chi Mei Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$110,273,318
Chi Mei CorporationChi Mei Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$110,273,318
DuPontDuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2023OH-AG$110,000,000
Bayer AGBayerFalse Claims Act and related2003MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $108,000,000
E. I. DuPontDuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2005private lawsuit-state$107,600,000
Celanese CorporationCelaneseprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$107,000,000
Albemarle CorporationAlbemarleForeign Corrupt Practices Act2023SEC$103,600,000
NL Industries, Inc.Contran Corporationconsumer protection violation2019CA-MULTI$101,666,667
Sid Richardson Carbon and Energy CompanyTokai Carbonenvironmental violation2017EPA$101,489,000
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLCOrion Engineered Carbonsenvironmental violation2017EPA$101,350,000
Dow Chemical CompanyDow Inc.environmental violation2019EPA$98,750,000
Bayer HealthCare LLCBayerFalse Claims Act and related2008DOJ_CIVIL$97,500,000
Monsanto Co. et al.Bayerenvironmental violation2020WA-AG$95,000,000
Braskem S.ABraskemForeign Corrupt Practices Act2016DOJ_CRIMINAL$94,800,000
Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanyScotts Miracle-Groproduct safety violation2019private lawsuit-federal$85,000,000
Cabot CorporationCabot Corp.environmental violation2013EPA$84,975,000
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P.Nutrien Ltd.environmental violation2022EPA$84,510,023
DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C.DuPont de Nemoursprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005DOJ_ANTITRUST$84,000,000
Monsanto CompanyBayeraccounting fraud or deficiencies2016SEC$80,000,000
Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLCBayerenvironmental violation2022OH-AG$80,000,000
Monsanto Co.Bayerenvironmental violation2023VA-AG$80,000,000
Chi Mei CorporationChi Mei Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$78,000,000
Bayer CorporationBayerprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-state$74,000,000
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyDuPont de Nemoursprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$72,000,000
DuPontDuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2007EPA$70,125,000
Bayer AGBayerprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$66,000,000
Braskem S.A.BraskemForeign Corrupt Practices Act2016SEC$65,000,000
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.Showa Denkoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$63,000,000
BASF CorporationBASFprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000MULTI-AG$62,258,250
RPM International Inc.RPM InternationalFalse Claims Act and related2013DOJ_CIVIL$60,900,000
PPG Industries, Inc.PPG Industriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$60,000,000
BASF Catalysts LLCBASFenvironmental violation2021private lawsuit-federal$57,100,000
BayerBayerdrug or medical equipment safety violation2015private lawsuit-federal$56,900,000
Bayer AGBayerprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$55,300,000
LyondellBasell IndustriesLyondellBasell Industriesenvironmental violation2021EPA$53,400,000
Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd.Daicelprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000DOJ_ANTITRUST$53,000,000
Rhodia Inc.Solvayenvironmental violation2007EPA$52,000,000
Monsanto Co.Bayerenvironmental violation2020DC-AG$52,000,000
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, AA Sulfuric Inc., and White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc.Nutrien Ltd.environmental violation2014EPA$51,300,000
BASF CorporationBASFprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
ChemtradeChemtrade Logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
Chemtura CorporationLanxessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
Crompton CorporationLanxessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$50,000,000
Solutia Inc.Eastman Chemicalenvironmental violation2003private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Cristal USA, Inc.Ineosprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Solvay Chemicals Inc.Solvayprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$46,000,000
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co. Ltd.Toyo InkFalse Claims Act and related2012DOJ_CIVIL$45,000,000
Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd.Mitsubishi Chemicalprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Monsanto Co.Bayerenvironmental violation2023private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Mosaic Co.Mosaic Co.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$43,750,000
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.Nutrien Ltd.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$43,750,000
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co.DuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2017VA-ENV$42,284,000
Solvay S.A.Solvayprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006DOJ_ANTITRUST$40,800,000
Bayer CorporationBayerFalse Claims Act and related2022DOJ_CIVIL$40,000,000
Monsanto CompanyBayerconsumer protection violation2021private lawsuit-federal$39,550,000
Hercules IncorporatedAshland Global Holdingstax violations2004IRS$36,000,000
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyDuPont de Nemoursprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$36,000,000
Degussa AGEvonik Industriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$35,666,666
EcolabEcolabwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
Kronos Worldwide, Inc.Contran Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
MonsantoBayerenvironmental violation2023PA-ENV$33,333,333
Solutia INCEastman Chemicalenvironmental violation2023PA-ENV$33,333,333
Bayer CorporationBayerprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$33,000,000
Huntsman International LLCHuntsman Corp.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
Mosaic FertilizerMosaic Co.environmental violation2009EPA$32,400,000
Bayer AGBayerprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$32,000,000
Fluid Recovery Services LLCAquatech Internationalenvironmental violation2013EPA$30,083,000
EcolabEcolabwage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
ChemoursChemoursenvironmental violation2021private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
EcolabEcolabwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-state$27,400,000
Lonza AGLonzaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$27,240,000
DuPont de NemoursDuPont de Nemoursenvironmental violation2021private lawsuit-federal$27,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.