Material Research ATLAS OF TOXIC Chemical PRODUCTION

Material Research ATLAS OF TOXIC Chemical PRODUCTIONMaterial Research ATLAS OF TOXIC Chemical PRODUCTIONMaterial Research ATLAS OF TOXIC Chemical PRODUCTION

Material Research ATLAS OF TOXIC Chemical PRODUCTION

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About this Atlas

Mapping the World's Toxic Hotspots

Since 2019 Material Research has worked with many of the world's leading journalists and environmental health and social justice organizations. Our collaborations have increased common understanding about the origins of toxic pollution and inequity.  


At launch on January 1, 2023, the Material Research Atlas of Toxic Manufacturing identifies 465 factories that we have investigated. All information presented is open access and was compiled to facilitate work by communities, journalists, environmental justice groups, politicians or any world citizen who wants to use their right to be informed about the chemical hazards and toxic chemicals produced close to their homes or anywhere.


Site information includes links to related reports and articles published by our partners. We will add hundreds of factories to the Atlas in the coming months.

For U.S. factories, links are provided to EPA toxic chemical (TRI) reports and greenhouse gas (GHG) reports. Links are also provided to Centers for Disease Control's social vulnerability data for communities around the petrochemical plants. 


The Atlas was built on ArcGIS by Material Research associate researcher Selena Sillari, with the expert assistance of Gordon Longsworth
Director, Geographic Information Systems Laboratory at College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME.


 This is an experimental endeavor related to a more expansive data system under development with partner organizations to be launched in 2023.


Finding Patterns

Material Research analysis provides the foundation for groundbreaking reporting.

Connecting the Dots

Through supply chain research we find intersections of toxic production and social injustice worldwide.

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