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 .
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Trichloroethylene
76,545
35,305
15,000
177,771
60.68%
17.1%
40.6%
18.6%
11.8%
2.0%
Glycol Ethers
42,581
15,892
180
551
0.19%
16.2%
35.8%
34.6%
15.6%
11.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
32,057
14,148
35
100
0.03%
20.5%
41.4%
46.6%
33.2%
8.2%
Toluene
21,490
14,131
1
1
0.00%
21.0%
41.2%
53.0%
39.8%
7.9%
Diisocyanates
11
10,544
350,000
1,897
0.65%
21.8%
44.3%
82.7%
13.2%
62.7%
n-Butyl alcohol
9,580
9,154
10
8
0.00%
18.2%
40.0%
32.6%
15.9%
10.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
10,840
9,063
580
656
0.22%
20.9%
44.3%
40.2%
22.4%
11.5%
Sodium nitrite
59
5,090
10
0
0.00%
23.4%
43.7%
55.9%
48.6%
3.2%
Nitric acid
0
4,290
270
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Diethanolamine
24
4,059
1,200
7
0.00%
15.1%
31.4%
36.0%
23.7%
5.4%
Acrylic acid
285
2,339
3,500
80
0.03%
13.1%
28.3%
29.9%
12.3%
10.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
27,921
1,964
1
2
0.00%
15.5%
33.1%
32.4%
15.3%
10.7%
Ethylbenzene
7,824
1,439
890
585
0.20%
21.8%
43.1%
51.6%
37.8%
8.9%
Butyl acrylate
1,790
1,110
3,500
368
0.13%
12.5%
28.3%
25.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Methyl methacrylate
4,153
919
5
1
0.00%
14.3%
31.4%
23.5%
10.1%
7.6%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
27
856
1
0
0.00%
24.3%
44.8%
60.6%
48.3%
8.3%
Naphthalene
682
333
12,000
433
0.15%
15.7%
31.8%
12.1%
6.6%
2.1%
Acrylamide
32
256
360,000
1,116
0.38%
8.2%
25.5%
18.8%
10.5%
2.1%
Allyl alcohol
1,048
98
12,000
1,600
0.55%
17.5%
41.9%
18.3%
11.5%
1.9%
Ethylene glycol
3,349
89
9
2
0.00%
17.2%
37.4%
42.7%
17.6%
18.5%
Phenol
297
86
18
0
0.00%
18.9%
39.2%
53.3%
39.1%
11.2%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
4
79
14
0
0.00%
17.6%
38.1%
41.3%
18.2%
15.7%
Phosgene
0
47
12,000
1
0.00%
17.3%
37.7%
22.1%
14.5%
2.2%
Chlorothalonil
8
6
7,700
1
0.00%
12.5%
31.0%
12.8%
4.5%
5.0%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
40
4
50,000
9
0.00%
23.3%
46.9%
60.7%
15.8%
39.1%
Styrene
1,339
3
4
0
0.00%
12.7%
28.4%
23.6%
8.2%
8.9%
Formaldehyde
318
0
46,000
1,973
0.67%
22.0%
46.8%
35.2%
16.5%
12.3%
Methanol
38,855
0
0
0
0.00%
20.0%
43.8%
30.4%
17.1%
8.6%
sec-Butyl alcohol
8,748
0
0
0
0.00%
17.3%
35.6%
65.8%
14.9%
30.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,043
0
20
1
0.00%
12.8%
28.1%
23.4%
8.2%
8.7%
Phthalic anhydride
104
0
180
1
0.00%
12.5%
27.2%
28.7%
9.6%
12.1%
Cumene
23
0
9
0
0.00%
13.7%
29.7%
26.7%
9.8%
10.5%
Acrylonitrile
4
0
240,000
85
0.03%
7.2%
24.6%
16.4%
8.5%
1.8%
Maleic anhydride
97
0
5,000
20
0.01%
16.4%
34.3%
26.5%
13.3%
7.6%
n-Hexane
1,500
0
5
0
0.00%
18.8%
40.7%
48.1%
17.9%
25.9%
Cyclohexane
2,572
0
1
0
0.00%
21.7%
42.1%
54.1%
33.2%
15.0%
Dimethyl phthalate
3,135
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Ethyl acrylate
470
0
73
1
0.00%
15.0%
32.2%
24.6%
10.6%
8.3%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
0
0
50,000
0
0.00%
19.3%
40.4%
20.8%
13.7%
3.3%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
267
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)
1,152
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride
40
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
101
0
700
5
0.00%
18.3%
39.3%
50.6%
38.0%
9.1%
Lead and lead compounds
48
0
23,000
26
0.01%
19.3%
38.9%
46.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Manganese and manganese compounds
162
0
12,000
153
0.05%
23.4%
43.7%
56.0%
47.7%
4.0%
Mercury and mercury compounds
0
0
12,000
0
0.00%
10.6%
23.7%
15.4%
8.6%
1.6%
Nickel and nickel compounds
10
0
930,000
50
0.02%
23.3%
46.9%
61.1%
16.0%
39.1%
Silver and silver compounds
12
0
200
0
0.00%
23.9%
43.8%
58.9%
37.0%
18.7%
Barium and barium compounds
5
0
7,000
6
0.00%
26.4%
49.0%
75.0%
60.2%
9.7%
Chromium and chromium compounds
1,633
0
43,000,000
86,936
29.68%
12.4%
29.3%
32.5%
12.3%
15.4%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
427
0
17,000,000
18,360
6.27%
12.9%
29.8%
38.2%
14.0%
19.8%
Copper and copper compounds
217
0
1,500
23
0.01%
18.5%
39.0%
51.3%
38.2%
9.9%
Zinc and zinc compounds
3,771
0
100
34
0.01%
20.0%
41.4%
53.9%
35.7%
14.0%
Hydrochloric acid
265
0
180
7
0.00%
17.1%
40.1%
19.1%
12.1%
2.0%
Ammonia
666
0
35
0
0.00%
11.1%
27.1%
18.7%
7.6%
7.0%
Selenium and selenium compounds
17,531
0
180
7
0.00%
12.5%
29.0%
39.0%
14.6%
20.1%
Chlorine
24
0
23,000
61
0.02%
17.3%
37.2%
22.7%
15.0%
2.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
0
0.00%
19.9%
40.3%
27.4%
18.3%
4.4%
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