PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Rio Tinto

Rank in Toxic 100: 20
Rank among all TRI companies: 49
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 97,613
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 1,764,907
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 10%
EJ: Minority Share: 29%

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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
Naphthalene	43	0	12,000	14	0.00%	7.0%	23.0%	21.7%	1.2%	14.3%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	500	0	6	0	0.00%	10.0%	29.1%	30.4%	1.3%	21.5%
Hydrochloric acid	506	0	180	6	0.00%	11.5%	31.7%	33.8%	1.6%	23.9%
Ammonia	15,343	0	7	3	0.00%	8.6%	25.8%	25.5%	1.4%	17.0%
Sulfuric acid	37,010	0	3,500	2,273	0.13%	9.5%	27.3%	28.3%	1.5%	19.0%
Antimony compounds	108	0	18,000	89	0.01%	11.2%	31.0%	32.9%	1.6%	23.1%
Arsenic compounds	3,265	0	15,000,000	1,308,784	74.16%	10.4%	29.4%	30.9%	1.6%	21.3%
Cadmium compounds	253	0	6,400,000	28,134	1.59%	9.3%	27.0%	27.8%	1.5%	18.6%
Chromium compounds	723	0	43,000,000	404,196	22.90%	8.4%	25.5%	25.0%	1.3%	16.7%
Copper compounds	22,259	0	1,500	868	0.05%	10.5%	29.7%	31.3%	1.6%	21.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	2	0.00%	7.7%	24.0%	22.8%	1.3%	14.9%
Lead compounds	13,119	0	23,000	9,207	0.52%	10.2%	29.1%	30.3%	1.5%	20.9%
Manganese compounds	505	0	12,000	228	0.01%	8.5%	25.6%	25.1%	1.3%	16.8%
Mercury compounds	11	0	12,000	3	0.00%	8.7%	25.8%	25.5%	1.4%	16.8%
Nickel compounds	342	0	930,000	10,977	0.62%	9.7%	27.9%	28.6%	1.5%	19.6%
Selenium compounds	394	0	180	2	0.00%	11.7%	32.5%	35.1%	1.5%	25.4%
Silver compounds	184	0	200	1	0.00%	10.7%	30.0%	31.6%	1.6%	22.0%
Thallium compounds	217	0	14,000	51	0.00%	9.3%	27.0%	27.9%	1.5%	18.7%
Vanadium compounds	93	0	140	0	0.00%	9.3%	27.0%	27.9%	1.5%	18.7%
Zinc compounds	2,738	0	100	68	0.00%	17.8%	38.5%	72.0%	8.1%	46.7%

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