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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