PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Celanese

Rank in Toxic 100: 54
Rank among all TRI companies: 161
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 910,041
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 12,541,336
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 339,896
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 59%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	161	360,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Diisocyanates	5	20	350,000	16	0.00%	25.8%	47.3%	81.7%	2.9%	76.8%
Ethylene oxide	6,812	1	310,000	284,152	83.60%	16.1%	35.4%	58.4%	12.8%	40.0%
Methyl iodide	386	40,240	290,000	30,372	8.94%	16.3%	35.8%	59.2%	13.0%	40.6%
Acrolein	43	0	180,000	30	0.01%	17.8%	37.4%	57.6%	12.2%	40.4%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	110,000	188	0.06%	15.2%	33.8%	7.5%	2.2%	1.9%
Formaldehyde	27,825	54,792	46,000	11,661	3.43%	25.9%	47.3%	81.3%	3.1%	76.2%
Titanium tetrachloride	107	0	35,000	0	0.00%	20.4%	46.9%	84.7%	0.3%	79.8%
Benzene	2,499	0	28,000	649	0.19%	25.8%	47.3%	81.7%	2.9%	76.8%
Lead and lead compounds	7	0	23,000	1	0.00%	18.8%	38.0%	10.7%	3.6%	2.2%
Chlorine	10	0	23,000	2	0.00%	26.1%	47.4%	81.6%	2.8%	76.8%
Antimony and antimony compounds	1,164	0	18,000	2,730	0.80%	19.1%	36.7%	23.4%	13.2%	5.4%
Mercury and mercury compounds	7	0	12,000	0	0.00%	18.8%	38.0%	10.7%	3.6%	2.2%
Acetaldehyde	23,001	4,065	7,900	8,259	2.43%	16.6%	37.1%	53.3%	13.7%	34.5%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	16,689	78,064	3,900	1,456	0.43%	20.8%	42.5%	34.0%	18.8%	10.8%
Acrylic acid	62	2,802	3,500	9	0.00%	15.5%	35.3%	37.9%	22.9%	8.7%
Butyl acrylate	87	0	3,500	5	0.00%	18.4%	42.2%	30.1%	21.0%	5.7%
Hydrogen sulfide	39	0	1,800	1	0.00%	20.1%	40.9%	31.2%	18.1%	8.9%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	850	0	700	78	0.02%	19.1%	36.7%	23.4%	13.2%	5.4%
Triethylamine	747	0	500	2	0.00%	27.1%	48.5%	82.3%	3.0%	77.2%
Propionaldehyde	306	0	440	0	0.00%	21.7%	42.1%	54.7%	11.5%	39.2%
Isobutyraldehyde	170	0	100	0	0.00%	21.6%	42.1%	53.7%	11.3%	38.4%
Zinc and zinc compounds	625	0	100	8	0.00%	19.1%	36.7%	23.4%	13.2%	5.4%
Ethyl acrylate	0	2	73	0	0.00%	16.3%	35.5%	59.5%	12.7%	41.3%
Acetonitrile	1,884	0	58	1	0.00%	15.6%	34.2%	7.6%	2.3%	1.8%
Dichloromethane	22,340	0	36	5	0.00%	15.5%	34.2%	7.6%	2.3%	1.8%
Ammonia	10,282	0	35	30	0.01%	16.7%	36.3%	59.6%	12.8%	41.4%
Vinyl acetate	231,942	1,548,292	18	191	0.06%	15.9%	35.3%	55.6%	12.5%	37.7%
Phenol	7,167	120	18	2	0.00%	21.5%	44.0%	35.8%	18.5%	13.2%
n-Butyl alcohol	18,039	0	10	21	0.01%	15.0%	34.0%	54.9%	11.7%	37.5%
Ethylene glycol	13,472	3	9	6	0.00%	17.8%	39.8%	42.7%	15.8%	22.5%
n-Hexane	120,651	796,189	5	12	0.00%	20.5%	40.8%	69.2%	8.9%	56.3%
Propylene (Propene)	1,515	0	1	0	0.00%	15.9%	35.0%	58.6%	12.2%	40.9%
Cyclohexane	217,956	0	1	1	0.00%	15.3%	33.9%	7.4%	2.2%	1.8%
Ethylene	106,774	6,706,705	1	8	0.00%	16.6%	36.2%	58.6%	13.3%	39.9%
Formic acid	43	0	1	0	0.00%	25.8%	47.3%	81.7%	2.9%	76.8%
Methanol	66,058	3,303,995	0	1	0.00%	17.3%	37.0%	61.9%	12.6%	44.2%
Butyraldehyde	1,291	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	8,688	5,884	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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