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Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100: 62
Rank among all TRI companies: 177
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 1,248,769
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 1,165,102
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 293,428
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 64%

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This company is rank 59 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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Trichloroethylene 1,604 22,959 767 0.26% 26.0% 72.0%
1,2-Dichloroethane 58,105 526,742 177,134 60.37% 25.8% 71.3%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,384 1,769 1,456 0.50% 25.5% 69.7%
Chloroform 3,370 591 6,628 2.26% 25.4% 69.6%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 2,636 0 0 0.00% 24.1% 64.8%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,815 309,203 153 0.05% 23.6% 62.0%
Chlorobenzene 18 17,765 0 0.00% 23.0% 62.0%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 2,457 96,056 23 0.01% 22.6% 60.5%
Hydrochloric acid 33,171 0 48 0.02% 22.4% 60.4%
Chloroprene 1,373 0 12,724 4.34% 22.2% 57.2%
Ethylene 479,924 0 1 0.00% 18.1% 56.9%
Chloromethane 18,774 0 41 0.01% 18.1% 56.8%
Chlorine 86,408 0 17,375 5.92% 21.9% 56.6%
Acetophenone 26,316 0 2 0.00% 22.0% 56.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 21 0.01% 21.8% 56.3%
Ethylidene dichloride 1,333 0 7 0.00% 22.0% 56.3%
Cyclohexane 464 0 0 0.00% 17.8% 56.3%
Propylene (Propene) 165,654 0 1 0.00% 17.7% 56.2%
Benzene 10,565 9,033 1,270 0.43% 19.2% 56.1%
Ethylene glycol 1,794 0 0 0.00% 17.6% 56.0%
n-Hexane 105,707 59 2 0.00% 17.6% 56.0%
Ethylene oxide 367 0 412 0.14% 17.6% 55.9%
Acetaldehyde 1,271 0 33 0.01% 17.6% 55.9%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,494 17,443 0 0.00% 21.8% 55.7%
Methanol 3,218 3,200 0 0.00% 17.4% 55.5%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,414 40 4 0.00% 17.2% 55.2%
Ethylbenzene 2,871 108 10 0.00% 16.9% 55.0%
1,3-Butadiene 17,142 0 5,059 1.72% 17.1% 55.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 4 0 0 0.00% 17.0% 54.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 2,137 52 0 0.00% 16.9% 54.7%
Naphthalene 836 3,014 34 0.01% 16.9% 54.7%
Toluene 11,200 167 0 0.00% 16.5% 53.9%
o-Xylene 1,119 1 0 0.00% 16.2% 53.3%
p-Xylene 1,439 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 53.0%
Cumene 4 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 52.9%
m-Xylene 2,133 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 52.7%
Styrene 1,107 690 0 0.00% 15.6% 52.3%
Hydroquinone 52 0 12 0.00% 15.5% 52.2%
Vinyl chloride 95,290 315 69,911 23.83% 15.9% 50.0%
Dicyclopentadiene 3 0 0 0.00% 14.3% 49.8%
Ammonia 51,035 0 8 0.00% 14.9% 49.2%
Vinyl acetate 49,485 2 19 0.01% 11.1% 40.1%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 23 87,180 270 0.09% 19.5% 38.6%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 0 17,443 0 0.00% 15.5% 17.0%
Pentachloroethane 7 51,271 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 246 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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