PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Nucor

Rank in Toxic 100: 17
Rank among all TRI companies: 52
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 317,314
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 1,272,847
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 34%
EJ: Minority Share: 67%

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This company is rank 35 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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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
Ethylbenzene	3,900	0	890	12	0.00%	25.6%	50.1%	37.0%	31.5%	3.5%
Propylene (Propene)	254	0	1	0	0.00%	21.3%	49.1%	27.3%	1.3%	21.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	28,739	0	35	12	0.00%	19.0%	40.9%	13.0%	8.1%	1.8%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	0	360,000	1	0.00%	17.2%	39.5%	37.6%	28.1%	6.6%
Lead and lead compounds	4,772	0	23,000	2,866	0.23%	36.1%	58.1%	74.4%	68.1%	4.3%
Manganese and manganese compounds	34,572	0	12,000	6,805	0.53%	23.4%	44.5%	44.2%	31.9%	7.0%
Mercury and mercury compounds	4,360	0	12,000	220	0.02%	16.0%	33.7%	35.0%	18.0%	7.6%
Nickel and nickel compounds	2,397	0	930,000	89,701	7.05%	32.4%	53.4%	62.3%	52.1%	5.9%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds	7	0	15,000,000	149	0.01%	19.8%	42.0%	57.1%	50.1%	3.3%
Barium and barium compounds	516	0	7,000	19	0.00%	19.1%	40.5%	41.7%	32.1%	6.3%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds	328	0	6,400,000	8,172	0.64%	17.6%	40.7%	31.5%	19.7%	8.1%
Chromium and chromium compounds	4,366	0	43,000,000	1,111,392	87.32%	35.4%	56.9%	69.6%	61.1%	5.7%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds	0	0	17,000,000	4	0.00%	14.7%	35.8%	16.0%	1.5%	10.5%
Copper and copper compounds	2,107	0	1,500	60	0.00%	18.4%	34.8%	42.6%	21.8%	7.9%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds	90	0	140	0	0.00%	18.8%	36.5%	29.8%	20.1%	6.1%
Zinc and zinc compounds	65,526	0	100	44	0.00%	21.1%	40.0%	41.4%	30.0%	5.9%
Hydrochloric acid	11,827	0	180	22	0.00%	14.5%	33.3%	31.7%	22.4%	5.6%
Ammonia	10,400	0	35	3	0.00%	15.6%	31.6%	37.7%	28.9%	4.7%
Chlorine dioxide	5	0	18,000	1	0.00%	19.0%	34.6%	43.7%	36.3%	4.3%
Glycol Ethers	140,569	0	180	1,017	0.08%	23.5%	52.9%	40.8%	28.0%	9.5%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	2,580	0	710,000	52,346	4.11%	20.0%	41.3%	23.0%	17.1%	2.8%

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