PERI: Toxic 100 Index

AK Steel

Rank in Toxic 100: 64
Rank among all TRI companies: 179
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 296,353
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 19,254
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 289,677
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 22%

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This company is rank 28 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 92 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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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
Benzene	61,557	2	72,153	24.91%	22.7%	19.8%
Ethylene	42,999	0	1	0.00%	24.3%	19.3%
Zinc and zinc compounds	32,019	0	276	0.10%	30.1%	35.6%
Nitric acid	31,266	0	167	0.06%	20.7%	9.5%
Ammonia	28,061	0	33	0.01%	22.6%	19.1%
Hydrogen fluoride	25,698	0	168	0.06%	17.9%	9.6%
Hydrochloric acid	14,759	0	66	0.02%	16.4%	22.9%
Toluene	11,719	2	0	0.00%	17.7%	17.7%
Glycol Ethers	10,600	0	62	0.02%	21.4%	10.7%
Manganese and manganese compounds	7,615	0	9,571	3.30%	25.4%	27.0%
Phenol	5,594	104	4	0.00%	23.9%	20.5%
Naphthalene	4,516	6,690	2,585	0.89%	25.1%	20.1%
Hydrogen sulfide	4,000	0	139	0.05%	23.3%	18.0%
Cyanide compounds	2,800	0	408	0.14%	25.2%	19.8%
Chromium and chromium compounds	2,710	0	144,192	49.78%	21.4%	21.7%
Lead and lead compounds	2,392	0	3,362	1.16%	26.9%	30.1%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	2,000	0	138	0.05%	22.0%	19.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	1,630	3	1	0.00%	20.7%	15.4%
Phenanthrene	1,376	3,690	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Nickel and nickel compounds	773	0	43,208	14.92%	22.0%	22.4%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	500	438	263	0.09%	28.2%	22.8%
Formaldehyde	463	0	1,277	0.44%	30.8%	46.6%
Mercury and mercury compounds	446	0	519	0.18%	22.2%	20.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	357	6,700	11,041	3.81%	28.0%	20.3%
Dibenzofuran	170	770	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper and copper compounds	148	0	18	0.01%	31.7%	40.0%
Anthracene	69	705	0	0.00%	27.0%	21.7%
Molybdenum trioxide	66	0	23	0.01%	11.1%	7.1%
Styrene	39	0	0	0.00%	27.7%	22.2%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds	10	0	0	0.00%	10.7%	6.4%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	1	150	0	0.00%	27.3%	21.8%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.