PPG Industries
Rank in Toxic 100: 91
Rank among all TRI companies: 227
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 222,605
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 182,072
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 213,728
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 22%
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Trichloroethylene
71,466
36,187
15,000
147,233
68.89%
15.8%
38.9%
20.3%
13.2%
2.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
31,573
19,441
35
96
0.05%
18.7%
38.1%
45.8%
31.4%
9.0%
Glycol Ethers
20,797
37,938
180
386
0.18%
18.0%
39.2%
46.7%
16.9%
23.7%
Toluene
19,851
19,283
1
1
0.00%
19.7%
39.3%
55.2%
40.2%
9.4%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
13,499
7,166
1
1
0.00%
17.8%
37.0%
38.2%
22.9%
9.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
11,191
6,576
58
69
0.03%
21.6%
43.4%
37.7%
16.7%
13.5%
n-Butyl alcohol
10,215
6,572
10
10
0.00%
19.4%
39.0%
39.4%
18.6%
14.2%
Ethylbenzene
7,050
3,245
890
543
0.25%
19.9%
40.3%
51.8%
37.2%
9.1%
Methyl methacrylate
5,671
623
5
1
0.00%
11.6%
26.6%
24.0%
9.0%
9.0%
Ethylene glycol
4,341
3,365
9
3
0.00%
15.8%
35.7%
48.6%
13.6%
27.8%
Dimethyl phthalate
4,289
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexane
2,617
0
1
0
0.00%
20.2%
40.0%
60.2%
39.7%
15.5%
Butyl acrylate
2,596
5,518
3,500
537
0.25%
10.6%
24.8%
24.8%
8.9%
9.5%
sec-Butyl alcohol
2,472
2,419
0
0
0.00%
15.6%
31.6%
67.7%
2.2%
38.0%
Methanol
2,172
169
0
0
0.00%
17.6%
37.1%
24.5%
11.6%
7.1%
Styrene
2,139
0
4
0
0.00%
9.5%
23.2%
22.3%
7.4%
8.6%
n-Hexane
1,500
0
5
0
0.00%
19.8%
40.9%
51.7%
18.1%
29.1%
Ethyl acrylate
1,211
0
73
3
0.00%
15.6%
33.8%
23.1%
12.1%
5.9%
Diisocyanates
1,111
10,219
350,000
30,457
14.25%
11.2%
25.9%
31.9%
9.1%
16.0%
Zinc compounds
1,108
0
100
16
0.01%
20.6%
42.1%
56.6%
36.0%
14.8%
Allyl alcohol
1,079
117
12,000
1,431
0.67%
16.2%
40.3%
20.2%
13.2%
2.0%
Naphthalene
965
0
12,000
602
0.28%
12.4%
28.8%
11.7%
6.4%
2.0%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
858
0
20
0
0.00%
10.2%
23.8%
24.2%
8.0%
9.8%
Nitric acid
702
7,082
270
5
0.00%
16.9%
38.4%
24.9%
16.6%
3.4%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
361
3
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Formaldehyde
301
8
46,000
1,693
0.79%
21.8%
43.8%
35.6%
14.5%
13.0%
Hydrochloric acid
257
0
180
6
0.00%
15.7%
38.3%
20.6%
13.4%
2.1%
Acrylic acid
217
2,306
3,500
60
0.03%
12.0%
26.8%
29.9%
13.2%
10.0%
Manganese compounds
208
0
12,000
239
0.11%
23.2%
43.9%
57.1%
48.8%
3.6%
Phthalic anhydride
137
0
180
1
0.00%
13.5%
29.8%
27.0%
11.5%
9.6%
Maleic anhydride
94
0
5,000
16
0.01%
17.2%
36.2%
26.1%
15.5%
5.6%
Sodium nitrite
85
7,044
10
0
0.00%
23.2%
43.9%
57.1%
49.3%
3.1%
Cumene
67
0
9
0
0.00%
11.6%
26.2%
27.2%
9.9%
10.9%
Phenol
57
4
18
0
0.00%
23.6%
46.1%
62.3%
17.5%
38.7%
Chromium compounds
55
0
43,000,000
29,865
13.97%
15.7%
35.4%
13.8%
4.6%
4.8%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
49
2,785
1
0
0.00%
23.6%
44.3%
59.7%
49.1%
6.1%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
43
42
50,000
10
0.00%
23.5%
46.0%
62.9%
17.3%
39.3%
Copper compounds
34
0
1,500
2
0.00%
14.2%
33.0%
9.9%
4.9%
1.6%
1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride
29
1
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Lead compounds
28
0
23,000
38
0.02%
13.8%
30.7%
18.8%
10.9%
4.4%
Chlorine
26
0
23,000
63
0.03%
15.5%
35.4%
22.8%
15.0%
2.3%
Diethanolamine
23
3,832
1,200
7
0.00%
13.5%
29.0%
35.6%
23.3%
5.4%
Antimony compounds
19
0
18,000
20
0.01%
17.9%
39.6%
6.6%
1.8%
1.5%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
16
3
14
0
0.00%
13.0%
31.6%
41.0%
11.5%
21.5%
Nickel compounds
9
0
930,000
47
0.02%
23.4%
46.0%
63.2%
17.2%
39.7%
Silver compounds
5
0
200
0
0.00%
26.0%
46.9%
76.6%
47.7%
25.8%
Acrylonitrile
5
0
240,000
103
0.05%
8.7%
24.1%
15.7%
8.1%
2.5%
Nonylphenol
3
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Acrylamide
3
111
360,000
159
0.07%
11.2%
26.9%
24.6%
15.0%
3.5%
Phosgene
0
13
12,000
1
0.00%
15.5%
35.9%
22.5%
14.8%
2.2%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
0
0
50,000
0
0.00%
18.0%
38.2%
21.0%
13.3%
3.4%
Mercury
0
0
12,000
0
0.00%
9.2%
22.3%
18.3%
9.7%
1.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
0
0.00%
18.6%
38.5%
27.9%
18.5%
4.5%
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