PERI: Toxic 100 Index

BASF

Rank in Toxic 100: 7
Rank among all TRI companies: 12
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 4,874,294
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 6,847,938
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 6,174,596
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 1.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 42%

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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
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	2	0.00%	16.0%	34.1%	41.8%	7.5%	30.6%
Chromium compounds	483	0	43,000,000	426,464	6.91%	37.3%	61.0%	49.4%	26.4%	14.9%
Cobalt compounds	98	0	17,000,000	30,174	0.49%	18.4%	36.3%	26.0%	13.5%	7.6%
Ethylene oxide	16,977	0	11,000,000	5,273,186	85.40%	15.4%	30.9%	41.4%	31.3%	5.4%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)	2,521	1,300	3,900,000	57,654	0.93%	8.3%	17.7%	37.1%	28.2%	5.0%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline	1,250	0	1,600,000	12,375	0.20%	8.8%	18.6%	37.6%	28.6%	5.0%
Nickel compounds	742	0	930,000	37,136	0.60%	38.3%	62.8%	47.1%	27.0%	12.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0	45	390,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Acrylamide	165	11,688	360,000	3,234	0.05%	11.1%	26.1%	32.5%	22.7%	4.7%
Diisocyanates	3,391	7,308	350,000	121,204	1.96%	21.5%	40.5%	41.1%	26.8%	9.0%
Acrylonitrile	1,531	187	240,000	35,860	0.58%	19.1%	37.7%	36.9%	23.3%	8.4%
o-Toluidine	579	20,000	180,000	2,419	0.04%	19.6%	37.2%	59.2%	52.2%	3.7%
Acrolein	265	0	180,000	1,824	0.03%	16.4%	34.6%	56.9%	8.6%	44.2%
Nitrobenzene	2,869	470	140,000	3,867	0.06%	15.2%	29.0%	42.5%	32.3%	4.4%
Chlorophenols	0	1,520,330	120,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
p-Chloroaniline	5	349	110,000	74	0.00%	15.4%	33.5%	44.5%	24.0%	16.9%
1,3-Butadiene	29,565	3,290	110,000	75,717	1.23%	21.8%	42.7%	44.0%	17.2%	21.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane	8,160	5,792	93,000	17,138	0.28%	24.4%	43.2%	39.9%	22.7%	13.5%
Chloroform	8,439	230	82,000	17,338	0.28%	15.4%	30.2%	44.2%	34.6%	4.9%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate	1	0	50,000	9	0.00%	9.1%	27.8%	45.0%	3.6%	34.9%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate	5	0	50,000	34	0.00%	9.0%	27.8%	45.0%	3.6%	34.9%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	147	46,231	50,000	1,067	0.02%	23.5%	44.1%	62.5%	55.5%	4.1%
Formaldehyde	14,977	140	46,000	24,258	0.39%	16.9%	34.4%	51.4%	20.1%	26.8%
Vinyl chloride	46	0	31,000	8	0.00%	15.7%	33.2%	9.7%	4.7%	1.9%
Benzene	20,591	1,115	28,000	15,459	0.25%	21.5%	41.3%	51.7%	21.5%	25.0%
Lead	1	0	23,000	3	0.00%	13.0%	27.9%	23.7%	15.1%	3.5%
Chlorine	1,741	0	23,000	1,062	0.02%	14.4%	30.1%	41.5%	24.0%	13.4%
Lead compounds	126	0	23,000	326	0.01%	42.4%	68.0%	51.0%	29.1%	13.6%
Carbon tetrachloride	3,000	27,000	21,000	1,870	0.03%	16.8%	32.5%	48.1%	39.3%	4.5%
1,4-Dioxane	2,065	25,200	18,000	892	0.01%	15.4%	31.1%	53.1%	47.3%	4.4%
Molybdenum trioxide	7	0	15,000	3	0.00%	20.3%	39.5%	25.7%	13.1%	7.8%
Propylene oxide	13,248	0	13,000	6,618	0.11%	17.0%	33.7%	38.8%	27.4%	6.7%
Phosgene	36	0	12,000	11	0.00%	13.9%	27.6%	42.8%	33.3%	4.9%
Naphthalene	577	32,343	12,000	134	0.00%	19.8%	39.6%	38.7%	27.8%	7.0%
Manganese	89	0	12,000	41	0.00%	15.9%	33.9%	55.9%	8.7%	43.3%
Manganese compounds	58	0	12,000	16	0.00%	19.7%	38.6%	27.0%	14.8%	7.4%
Acetaldehyde	255	0	7,900	44	0.00%	16.9%	38.3%	28.2%	19.2%	5.0%
Barium compounds	551	0	7,000	263	0.00%	39.0%	63.8%	48.1%	27.6%	12.6%
Aniline	3,627	5,642	5,700	259	0.00%	12.1%	24.7%	41.4%	31.5%	5.7%
Maleic anhydride	110	0	5,000	23	0.00%	16.5%	34.8%	56.8%	8.6%	44.2%
Hydrogen cyanide	12	0	4,400	2	0.00%	20.4%	41.8%	41.0%	33.5%	3.2%
Cyanide compounds	10	0	4,400	0	0.00%	15.9%	33.7%	9.8%	4.8%	2.0%
Epichlorohydrin	16	0	4,300	4	0.00%	29.3%	51.6%	71.5%	63.4%	4.7%
Acrylic acid	14,273	13	3,500	2,531	0.04%	18.1%	36.8%	50.8%	13.3%	33.1%
Butyl acrylate	9,546	592	3,500	2,113	0.03%	18.6%	37.5%	53.7%	10.7%	38.5%
Sulfuric acid	9,617	0	3,500	282	0.00%	18.1%	38.1%	16.1%	8.8%	3.6%
Bromine	69	1	2,100	1	0.00%	15.7%	33.1%	9.6%	4.6%	1.9%
Copper compounds	940	0	1,500	61	0.00%	37.6%	61.6%	46.6%	26.4%	12.5%
Diethanolamine	885	0	1,200	35	0.00%	14.7%	37.1%	29.0%	18.0%	6.1%
Ethylbenzene	19,123	36,547	890	97	0.00%	23.5%	43.7%	42.7%	24.0%	10.3%
Biphenyl	2,342	2,066	800	89	0.00%	16.5%	34.7%	55.2%	10.9%	40.1%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)	227	0	700	1	0.00%	15.8%	33.3%	9.7%	4.7%	1.9%
Chloromethane	3,890	0	640	120	0.00%	11.3%	24.7%	48.6%	24.9%	20.0%
Propargyl alcohol	175	0	500	2	0.00%	12.2%	24.6%	41.2%	31.8%	5.0%
Triethylamine	5,595	0	500	34	0.00%	18.0%	36.3%	32.7%	22.5%	5.6%
2,4-Dichlorophenol	2,191	38,113	330	36	0.00%	11.1%	24.3%	48.4%	24.3%	20.3%
Nitric acid	32,591	0	270	145	0.00%	21.8%	43.4%	27.5%	14.7%	8.1%
Hydrogen fluoride	1,005	0	250	3	0.00%	24.5%	44.6%	79.1%	2.4%	75.4%
Phthalic anhydride	37	0	180	0	0.00%	15.9%	33.9%	56.0%	8.7%	43.3%
Methyl acrylate	12,506	0	180	7	0.00%	27.8%	44.1%	44.1%	26.5%	0.5%
2-Methoxyethanol	5	0	180	0	0.00%	16.7%	33.2%	53.6%	47.7%	3.9%
Hydrochloric acid	51,864	0	180	258	0.00%	14.7%	30.0%	42.2%	24.8%	11.8%
Glycol Ethers	15,961	0	180	71	0.00%	15.6%	32.6%	48.8%	42.7%	4.5%
Vanadium compounds	280	0	140	4	0.00%	42.1%	67.6%	50.6%	28.9%	13.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	963	1,126	120	1	0.00%	15.9%	33.5%	9.8%	4.8%	2.0%
Isobutyraldehyde	2,961	1,000	100	18	0.00%	19.6%	41.5%	68.4%	11.7%	52.6%
Zinc compounds	64	0	100	0	0.00%	20.7%	40.0%	32.8%	18.8%	9.1%
Ethyl acrylate	1,035	13	73	12	0.00%	21.5%	41.3%	37.1%	22.7%	9.3%
Acetonitrile	655	2,434	58	0	0.00%	15.7%	33.0%	15.4%	10.3%	2.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	14,375	136	58	116	0.00%	13.8%	34.2%	64.3%	13.6%	40.5%
o-Xylene	11,577	106	35	2	0.00%	16.0%	34.1%	10.0%	4.9%	2.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	115,628	36,413	35	40	0.00%	15.4%	30.6%	45.8%	25.0%	14.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol	500	0	20	0	0.00%	18.7%	52.0%	4.9%	1.4%	1.7%
Ozone	650	0	19	0	0.00%	15.4%	30.2%	44.2%	34.6%	4.9%
Vinyl acetate	2,041	24	18	1	0.00%	12.5%	30.7%	15.6%	9.4%	2.4%
Phenol	1,186	0	18	0	0.00%	23.1%	43.4%	77.3%	3.4%	72.0%
2-Ethoxyethanol	2	0	18	0	0.00%	16.0%	32.1%	53.5%	47.7%	4.2%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	11,825	36,040	18	11	0.00%	11.1%	24.3%	48.4%	24.3%	20.3%
n-Butyl alcohol	14,772	1,800,041	10	6	0.00%	16.5%	34.5%	53.7%	14.1%	35.5%
tert-Butyl alcohol	7,532	23,000	10	1	0.00%	24.6%	43.2%	46.4%	32.8%	4.2%
Sodium nitrite	0	5,986	10	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine	318	190,025	10	0	0.00%	15.7%	33.0%	9.7%	4.7%	2.0%
1-[2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl-1H-1,2,4,-triazole	0	19	10	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cumene	10	0	9	0	0.00%	15.9%	33.7%	9.8%	4.8%	2.0%
Ethylene glycol	12,927	7,143	9	9	0.00%	10.3%	27.3%	36.5%	24.7%	7.6%
Ammonia	3,457,615	23	7	391	0.01%	19.8%	38.7%	48.3%	35.9%	7.7%
Methyl methacrylate	3,940	16,930	5	4	0.00%	22.1%	42.1%	36.7%	21.5%	10.3%
n-Hexane	67,010	779,025	5	6	0.00%	23.1%	44.4%	56.6%	16.2%	35.8%
Styrene	12,480	1,511	4	5	0.00%	20.4%	40.5%	34.2%	19.8%	9.8%
Chlorobenzene	19,900	10,000	4	2	0.00%	14.3%	28.3%	43.2%	33.7%	4.9%
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid	189	0	2	0	0.00%	11.0%	24.3%	48.5%	24.4%	20.3%
Sodium dicamba	16	0	2	0	0.00%	14.6%	29.9%	52.3%	28.0%	20.4%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	3,916	1,046	1	0	0.00%	16.8%	40.9%	7.9%	3.5%	1.9%
Propylene (Propene)	102,483	0	1	4	0.00%	22.9%	43.8%	58.1%	15.8%	37.0%
Toluene	52,388	1,621,831	1	2	0.00%	19.9%	39.3%	59.2%	38.1%	15.6%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)	22	0	1	0	0.00%	14.0%	30.6%	37.3%	23.2%	6.7%
Cyclohexane	23,496	0	1	0	0.00%	16.9%	35.2%	56.9%	9.0%	43.5%
Ethylene	97,700	0	1	1	0.00%	24.0%	44.5%	52.8%	23.3%	23.9%
Formic acid	24,582	17,478	1	0	0.00%	15.6%	31.7%	39.8%	28.3%	7.1%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	1,410	0	0	0	0.00%	13.3%	26.7%	42.7%	33.5%	4.9%
Methanol	453,418	35,365	0	4	0.00%	14.7%	30.0%	45.1%	25.3%	15.2%
sec-Butyl alcohol	151	0	0	0	0.00%	23.4%	43.8%	41.5%	26.1%	9.9%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)	10,700	0	0	0	0.00%	12.7%	25.5%	41.8%	32.4%	5.0%
Dimethyl sulfate	10	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cyclohexanol	3,217	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Paraldehyde	52	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Butyraldehyde	11,013	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dimethylamine	244	4,700	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate	879	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Lithium carbonate	42	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	6,043	178,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)	896	292,532	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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