PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Celanese

Rank in Toxic 100: 5
Rank among all TRI companies: 9
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 802,070
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 11,140,600
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 9,853,639
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 2.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 60%

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This company is rank 19 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
Titanium tetrachloride	10	0	35,000	0	0.00%	21.9%	46.9%	84.8%	0.0%	84.6%
1,4-Dioxane	3	0	18,000	2	0.00%	18.7%	46.6%	25.8%	17.9%	4.6%
Benzene	3,120	0	28,000	816	0.01%	24.6%	46.5%	82.9%	2.8%	78.3%
Formic acid	92	0	1	0	0.00%	24.6%	46.5%	82.9%	2.8%	78.3%
Formaldehyde	32,201	521,035	46,000	13,509	0.14%	24.5%	46.2%	82.3%	3.1%	77.2%
Phenol	7,764	6,689	18	3	0.00%	19.8%	45.2%	31.8%	19.2%	8.8%
Acrylic acid	105	901	3,500	6	0.00%	17.5%	44.7%	27.9%	18.2%	5.8%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	23,188	149,584	3,900	2,113	0.02%	19.7%	43.6%	32.0%	19.0%	8.9%
Ethylene glycol	11,729	8,187	9	5	0.00%	16.7%	42.2%	37.5%	15.3%	18.3%
Hydrogen sulfide	14	0	1,800	0	0.00%	19.5%	42.0%	31.0%	18.5%	8.4%
Butyl acrylate	140	90	3,500	7	0.00%	17.2%	41.6%	30.6%	20.5%	6.2%
n-Butyl alcohol	642	0	10	0	0.00%	19.5%	40.8%	54.3%	10.4%	40.2%
Propionaldehyde	286	0	440	0	0.00%	19.6%	40.6%	54.8%	10.6%	40.5%
Isobutyraldehyde	225	0	100	0	0.00%	19.3%	40.6%	53.7%	10.4%	39.6%
n-Hexane	39,003	508,461	5	5	0.00%	18.9%	38.9%	68.7%	9.3%	55.3%
Methanol	153,343	3,333,598	0	1	0.00%	17.3%	36.8%	64.7%	11.4%	48.4%
Mercury	2	0	12,000	0	0.00%	18.4%	36.5%	10.3%	3.5%	2.1%
Acetaldehyde	26,689	11,342	7,900	11,203	0.11%	15.9%	36.0%	55.5%	13.3%	37.1%
Acrolein	57	0	180,000	68	0.00%	16.2%	35.5%	59.1%	11.8%	42.2%
Ethylene	83,940	5,203,766	1	6	0.00%	15.9%	35.3%	59.0%	13.1%	40.7%
Ammonia	46,356	0	7	16	0.00%	16.1%	35.1%	59.6%	12.4%	41.9%
Zinc compounds	1,595	0	100	21	0.00%	17.6%	35.1%	24.4%	13.6%	5.9%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	296	0	700	27	0.00%	17.6%	35.1%	24.4%	13.6%	5.9%
Antimony compounds	471	0	18,000	1,108	0.01%	17.6%	35.1%	24.4%	13.6%	5.9%
Methyl iodide	276	40,574	290,000	26,753	0.27%	15.9%	35.0%	61.3%	12.9%	43.0%
Vinyl acetate	188,700	1,338,186	18	186	0.00%	15.6%	34.9%	57.0%	12.6%	39.1%
Ethyl acrylate	0	1	73	0	0.00%	15.6%	34.5%	60.6%	12.3%	42.9%
Ethylene oxide	6,282	17,619	11,000,000	9,797,581	99.43%	15.4%	34.2%	59.6%	12.4%	41.8%
Propylene (Propene)	283	0	1	0	0.00%	15.3%	33.9%	59.5%	11.8%	42.4%
Acetonitrile	1,828	0	58	1	0.00%	15.7%	33.6%	6.7%	2.4%	1.4%
Dichloromethane	39,389	0	36	9	0.00%	15.6%	33.6%	6.7%	2.4%	1.4%
Cyclohexane	124,821	0	1	0	0.00%	15.4%	33.4%	6.5%	2.3%	1.3%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	110,000	192	0.00%	15.4%	33.3%	6.5%	2.2%	1.4%
Butyraldehyde	1,376	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	7,186	26	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	157	279	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	63	360,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Diisocyanates	0	200	350,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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