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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page
Industry: chemicals
Penalty Total since 2000: $26,994,158,784
Number of Records: 5,335
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 Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Bayer | $15,782,107,495 | 124 |
| ChemChina | $1,516,167,924 | 51 |
| Dow Inc. | $1,110,342,428 | 262 |
| Chemours | $1,016,375,394 | 122 |
| Mosaic Co. | $898,981,519 | 106 |
| DuPont de Nemours | $758,608,669 | 72 |
| Solvay | $563,714,782 | 124 |
| Chi Mei Corporation | $527,296,636 | 5 |
| LyondellBasell Industries | $370,808,027 | 268 |
| Kolon Industries | $360,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Sid Richardson Carbon and Energy Company | Tokai Carbon | air pollution violation | 2017 | EPA | $101,489,000 |
| NL Industries, Inc. | Contran Corporation | consumer protection violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $101,666,667 |
| Albemarle Corporation | Albemarle | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2023 | SEC | $103,600,000 |
| Celanese Corporation | Celanese | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $107,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | Bayer | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | MULTI-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 |
| DuPont | DuPont de Nemours | PFAS violation | 2023 | OH-AG | $110,000,000 |
| Chimei Innolux Corp. | Chi Mei Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | MULTI-AG | $110,273,318 |
| Chi Mei Corporation | Chi Mei Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $110,273,318 |
| Westlake Chemical Corporation | Westlake Chemical | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | $111,000,000 |
| Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP | Chevron Phillips Chemical | air pollution violation | 2022 | EPA | $121,400,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | Bayer | environmental violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $122,500,000 |
| Equistar Chemicals LP | LyondellBasell Industries | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $127,500,000 |
| Dow Chemical Company | Dow Inc. | radioactive waste violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $131,250,000 |
| Lyondell Chemical Company | LyondellBasell Industries | environmental violation | 2010 | USAO | $162,000,000 |
| CF Industries Inc. | CF Industries | hazardous waste violation | 2010 | EPA | $176,201,500 |
| Albemarle Corporation | Albemarle | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2023 | DOJ_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 |
| Chi Mei Optoelectronics | Chi Mei Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $220,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | Bayer | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $250,375,190 |
| Bayer Corporation | Bayer | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $251,000,000 |
| Tronox Inc. | Tronox | environmental violation | 2010 | DOJ | $270,000,000 |
| Chemours | Chemours | PFAS violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $335,350,000 |
| Kolon Industries Inc. | Kolon Industries | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $360,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | Bayer | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $387,500,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | Bayer | PCB violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $390,000,000 |
| Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC | Solvay | PFAS violation | 2023 | NJ-AG | $393,000,000 |
| DuPont de Nemours | DuPont de Nemours | PFAS violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $400,000,000 |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | PCB violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $537,500,000 |
| Chemours | Chemours | PFAS violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $592,000,000 |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | PCB violation | 2022 | OR-AG | $698,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | Bayer | product safety violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000,000 |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | Mosaic Co. | hazardous waste violation | 2015 | EPA | $810,200,000 |
| Dow Chemical | Dow Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $835,000,000 |
| Syngenta AG | ChemChina | product safety violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,510,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | Bayer | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-state | $1,600,000,000 |
| Bayer | Bayer | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,600,000,000 |
