PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Celanese

Rank in Toxic 100: 54
Rank among all TRI companies: 161
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 910,041
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 12,541,336
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 339,896
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 59%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Vinyl acetate	231,942	1,548,292	191	0.06%	15.9%	55.6%
Cyclohexane	217,956	0	1	0.00%	15.3%	7.4%
n-Hexane	120,651	796,189	12	0.00%	20.5%	69.2%
Ethylene	106,774	6,706,705	8	0.00%	16.6%	58.6%
Methanol	66,058	3,303,995	1	0.00%	17.3%	61.9%
Formaldehyde	27,825	54,792	11,661	3.43%	25.9%	81.3%
Acetaldehyde	23,001	4,065	8,259	2.43%	16.6%	53.3%
Dichloromethane	22,340	0	5	0.00%	15.5%	7.6%
n-Butyl alcohol	18,039	0	21	0.01%	15.0%	54.9%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	16,689	78,064	1,456	0.43%	20.8%	34.0%
Ethylene glycol	13,472	3	6	0.00%	17.8%	42.7%
Ammonia	10,282	0	30	0.01%	16.7%	59.6%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	8,688	5,884	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Phenol	7,167	120	2	0.00%	21.5%	35.8%
Ethylene oxide	6,812	1	284,152	83.60%	16.1%	58.4%
Benzene	2,499	0	649	0.19%	25.8%	81.7%
Acetonitrile	1,884	0	1	0.00%	15.6%	7.6%
Propylene (Propene)	1,515	0	0	0.00%	15.9%	58.6%
Butyraldehyde	1,291	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Antimony and antimony compounds	1,164	0	2,730	0.80%	19.1%	23.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	850	0	78	0.02%	19.1%	23.4%
Triethylamine	747	0	2	0.00%	27.1%	82.3%
Zinc and zinc compounds	625	0	8	0.00%	19.1%	23.4%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	188	0.06%	15.2%	7.5%
Methyl iodide	386	40,240	30,372	8.94%	16.3%	59.2%
Propionaldehyde	306	0	0	0.00%	21.7%	54.7%
Isobutyraldehyde	170	0	0	0.00%	21.6%	53.7%
Titanium tetrachloride	107	0	0	0.00%	20.4%	84.7%
Butyl acrylate	87	0	5	0.00%	18.4%	30.1%
Acrylic acid	62	2,802	9	0.00%	15.5%	37.9%
Acrolein	43	0	30	0.01%	17.8%	57.6%
Formic acid	43	0	0	0.00%	25.8%	81.7%
Hydrogen sulfide	39	0	1	0.00%	20.1%	31.2%
Chlorine	10	0	2	0.00%	26.1%	81.6%
Lead and lead compounds	7	0	1	0.00%	18.8%	10.7%
Mercury and mercury compounds	7	0	0	0.00%	18.8%	10.7%
Diisocyanates	5	20	16	0.00%	25.8%	81.7%
Ethyl acrylate	0	2	0	0.00%	16.3%	59.5%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	161	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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