PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Tyson Foods

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 54
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 15,497,673
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 194,670
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 15,580,203
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 81,272,963

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Post-treatment releases (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium and chromium compounds	100	0	100	50,000,000	61.52%
Hydrogen sulfide	10,779	1,515	11,121	20,018,502	24.63%
Nitrate compounds	15,482,115	6,751	15,482,115	9,753,732	12.00%
Peroxyacetic acid	305	5	305	1,374,287	1.69%
Sodium nitrite	10	12,872	12,644	126,439	0.16%
Ethylene glycol	0	97	8	4	0.00%
Nickel and nickel compounds	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Manganese and manganese compounds	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	4,364	173,430	73,909	0	0.00%
Sulfuric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Nitric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Glycol ethers	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Formaldehyde	0	0	0	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2015, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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