PPG Industries
Rank in Toxic 100: 63
Rank among all TRI companies: 178
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 325,185
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 131,304
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 292,942
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 25%
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This company is rank 89 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database .
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Trichloroethylene
76,545
35,305
177,771
60.68%
17.1%
18.6%
Glycol Ethers
42,581
15,892
551
0.19%
16.2%
34.6%
Methanol
38,855
0
0
0.00%
20.0%
30.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
32,057
14,148
100
0.03%
20.5%
46.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
27,921
1,964
2
0.00%
15.5%
32.4%
Toluene
21,490
14,131
1
0.00%
21.0%
53.0%
Selenium and selenium compounds
17,531
0
7
0.00%
12.5%
39.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
10,840
9,063
656
0.22%
20.9%
40.2%
n-Butyl alcohol
9,580
9,154
8
0.00%
18.2%
32.6%
sec-Butyl alcohol
8,748
0
0
0.00%
17.3%
65.8%
Ethylbenzene
7,824
1,439
585
0.20%
21.8%
51.6%
Methyl methacrylate
4,153
919
1
0.00%
14.3%
23.5%
Zinc and zinc compounds
3,771
0
34
0.01%
20.0%
53.9%
Ethylene glycol
3,349
89
2
0.00%
17.2%
42.7%
Dimethyl phthalate
3,135
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexane
2,572
0
0
0.00%
21.7%
54.1%
Butyl acrylate
1,790
1,110
368
0.13%
12.5%
25.6%
Chromium and chromium compounds
1,633
0
86,936
29.68%
12.4%
32.5%
n-Hexane
1,500
0
0
0.00%
18.8%
48.1%
Styrene
1,339
3
0
0.00%
12.7%
23.6%
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)
1,152
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Allyl alcohol
1,048
98
1,600
0.55%
17.5%
18.3%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,043
0
1
0.00%
12.8%
23.4%
Naphthalene
682
333
433
0.15%
15.7%
12.1%
Ammonia
666
0
0
0.00%
11.1%
18.7%
Ethyl acrylate
470
0
1
0.00%
15.0%
24.6%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
427
0
18,360
6.27%
12.9%
38.2%
Formaldehyde
318
0
1,973
0.67%
22.0%
35.2%
Phenol
297
86
0
0.00%
18.9%
53.3%
Acrylic acid
285
2,339
80
0.03%
13.1%
29.9%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
267
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Hydrochloric acid
265
0
7
0.00%
17.1%
19.1%
Copper and copper compounds
217
0
23
0.01%
18.5%
51.3%
Manganese and manganese compounds
162
0
153
0.05%
23.4%
56.0%
Phthalic anhydride
104
0
1
0.00%
12.5%
28.7%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
101
0
5
0.00%
18.3%
50.6%
Maleic anhydride
97
0
20
0.01%
16.4%
26.5%
Sodium nitrite
59
5,090
0
0.00%
23.4%
55.9%
Lead and lead compounds
48
0
26
0.01%
19.3%
46.0%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
40
4
9
0.00%
23.3%
60.7%
1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride
40
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Acrylamide
32
256
1,116
0.38%
8.2%
18.8%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
27
856
0
0.00%
24.3%
60.6%
Chlorine
24
0
61
0.02%
17.3%
22.7%
Diethanolamine
24
4,059
7
0.00%
15.1%
36.0%
Cumene
23
0
0
0.00%
13.7%
26.7%
Silver and silver compounds
12
0
0
0.00%
23.9%
58.9%
Diisocyanates
11
10,544
1,897
0.65%
21.8%
82.7%
Nickel and nickel compounds
10
0
50
0.02%
23.3%
61.1%
Chlorothalonil
8
6
1
0.00%
12.5%
12.8%
Barium and barium compounds
5
0
6
0.00%
26.4%
75.0%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
4
79
0
0.00%
17.6%
41.3%
Acrylonitrile
4
0
85
0.03%
7.2%
16.4%
Phosgene
0
47
1
0.00%
17.3%
22.1%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
0
0
0
0.00%
19.3%
20.8%
Mercury and mercury compounds
0
0
0
0.00%
10.6%
15.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
0
0.00%
19.9%
27.4%
Nitric acid
0
4,290
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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