PERI: Toxic 100 Index

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

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