PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100: 60
Rank among all TRI companies: 157
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 1,306,351
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 15,723,861
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 397,561
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 67%

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This company is rank 30 on the Toxic 100 Water 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
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	0	133,076	8	0.00%	11.5%	12.1%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	1,296	104,851	0	0.00%	20.1%	51.5%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	48	517,126	1,001	0.25%	13.8%	22.9%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	1,636	5,670,804	336	0.08%	17.1%	37.8%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	2,286	0	0	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane	49,735	6,026,719	197,916	49.78%	25.3%	75.0%
1,3-Butadiene	31,397	0	9,213	2.32%	15.4%	57.3%
1,4-Dioxane	2,291	0	287	0.07%	30.8%	62.2%
Acetaldehyde	61,243	0	3,176	0.80%	30.7%	62.4%
Acetophenone	8,371	0	1	0.00%	21.8%	58.7%
Ammonia	57,029	0	2	0.00%	13.2%	47.9%
Benzene	11,213	37,671	1,362	0.34%	17.9%	58.0%
Biphenyl	6	0	0	0.00%	33.1%	65.6%
Carbon tetrachloride	2,109	170,504	1,488	0.37%	25.2%	74.4%
Chlorine	95,248	0	19,233	4.84%	21.5%	58.9%
Chlorobenzene	39	313,628	0	0.00%	12.8%	19.0%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)	3,915	0	0	0.00%	14.5%	56.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	2,353	0	0	0.00%	24.0%	69.8%
Chloroform	3,727	170,355	7,918	1.99%	25.1%	74.2%
Chloromethane	17,991	0	39	0.01%	16.1%	58.6%
Chloroprene	1,324	0	13,422	3.38%	22.0%	59.5%
Cumene	34	0	0	0.00%	16.0%	58.4%
Cyclohexane	341	0	0	0.00%	15.9%	58.2%
Dicyclopentadiene	2	0	0	0.00%	12.2%	51.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	27	0.01%	21.6%	58.6%
Ethylbenzene	1,408	313	5	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
Ethylene	495,100	0	1	0.00%	15.9%	58.2%
Ethylene glycol	21,443	0	1	0.00%	27.1%	61.3%
Ethylene oxide	1,263	0	56,995	14.34%	15.0%	56.7%
Ethylidene dichloride	1,334	0	8	0.00%	21.7%	58.6%
Hydrochloric acid	41,111	242	53	0.01%	21.2%	62.1%
Hydrogen sulfide	4	0	0	0.00%	15.2%	57.1%
Hydroquinone	22,843	0	4,231	1.06%	15.9%	58.1%
Isoprene	940	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
m-Xylene	645	0	0	0.00%	14.8%	56.4%
Methanol	3,574	545	0	0.00%	16.0%	58.3%
n-Hexane	41,606	8,009	1	0.00%	15.5%	57.6%
Naphthalene	1,455	1	56	0.01%	15.7%	57.8%
o-Xylene	374	0	0	0.00%	15.0%	56.7%
p-Xylene	396	0	0	0.00%	14.8%	56.3%
Pentachloroethane	3	621,519	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Propylene (Propene)	164,025	0	1	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
Styrene	522	0	0	0.00%	15.2%	56.9%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	1,548	1,667,179	29	0.01%	19.8%	50.0%
Titanium tetrachloride	0	710	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Toluene	4,557	397	0	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
Trichloroethylene	744	100,573	743	0.19%	25.4%	75.2%
Vinyl acetate	35,713	179,390	19	0.00%	11.2%	41.1%
Vinyl chloride	110,626	113	79,989	20.12%	16.5%	53.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	1,483	137	0	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%

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