PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Shin-Etsu Chemical

Rank in Toxic 100: 77
Rank among all TRI companies: 198
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 455,553
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 1,664
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 282,265
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 54%

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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
Vinyl chloride	166,081	8	86,145	30.52%	19.7%	53.2%
Ammonia	74,498	0	7	0.00%	20.2%	48.9%
Chlorine	56,567	0	17,628	6.25%	20.5%	51.3%
Methanol	53,701	0	0	0.00%	19.8%	54.6%
Hydrochloric acid	42,936	0	127	0.05%	19.8%	50.2%
1,2-Dichloroethane	39,348	0	111,632	39.55%	19.4%	54.0%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	6,875	0	556	0.20%	20.4%	51.3%
tert-Butyl alcohol	5,665	0	2	0.00%	20.4%	49.9%
Ethylene	2,381	0	0	0.00%	20.8%	50.5%
Carbon tetrachloride	1,791	0	590	0.21%	20.2%	51.8%
Chloroform	1,582	0	1,968	0.70%	20.3%	51.7%
Ethylidene dichloride	700	0	6	0.00%	20.3%	51.5%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	652	0	0	0.00%	20.4%	51.4%
n-Hexane	500	1,656	0	0.00%	21.3%	69.4%
Nitric acid	380	0	14	0.00%	13.3%	30.8%
Chloroprene	285	0	3,435	1.22%	21.0%	50.5%
Benzene	211	0	71	0.03%	20.8%	50.3%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	188	0	521	0.18%	20.6%	50.9%
Acrylonitrile	154	0	1,221	0.43%	21.5%	67.5%
Propylene oxide	153	0	61	0.02%	20.7%	65.9%
Hydrogen sulfide	147	0	9	0.00%	21.9%	68.3%
Ethylene oxide	147	0	53,951	19.11%	19.7%	53.4%
Chlorobenzene	135	0	0	0.00%	20.8%	50.3%
Vinylidene chloride	122	0	0	0.00%	20.9%	50.4%
Ethylene glycol	79	0	0	0.00%	19.5%	54.7%
Trichloroethylene	75	0	14	0.00%	20.8%	50.4%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	75	0	1	0.00%	20.8%	50.3%
Hydrogen fluoride	56	0	4	0.00%	12.3%	27.3%
Chloromethane	41	0	0	0.00%	20.8%	50.3%
Antimony compounds	18	0	9	0.00%	19.9%	62.1%
Chromium compounds	11	0	4,287	1.52%	19.9%	62.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	5	0.00%	20.8%	50.3%

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