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)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Ethylene oxide	6,282	17,619	9,797,581	99.43%	15.4%	59.6%
Methyl iodide	276	40,574	26,753	0.27%	15.9%	61.3%
Formaldehyde	32,201	521,035	13,509	0.14%	24.5%	82.3%
Acetaldehyde	26,689	11,342	11,203	0.11%	15.9%	55.5%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	23,188	149,584	2,113	0.02%	19.7%	32.0%
Antimony compounds	471	0	1,108	0.01%	17.6%	24.4%
Benzene	3,120	0	816	0.01%	24.6%	82.9%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	192	0.00%	15.4%	6.5%
Vinyl acetate	188,700	1,338,186	186	0.00%	15.6%	57.0%
Acrolein	57	0	68	0.00%	16.2%	59.1%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	296	0	27	0.00%	17.6%	24.4%
Zinc compounds	1,595	0	21	0.00%	17.6%	24.4%
Ammonia	46,356	0	16	0.00%	16.1%	59.6%
Dichloromethane	39,389	0	9	0.00%	15.6%	6.7%
Butyl acrylate	140	90	7	0.00%	17.2%	30.6%
Ethylene	83,940	5,203,766	6	0.00%	15.9%	59.0%
Acrylic acid	105	901	6	0.00%	17.5%	27.9%
Ethylene glycol	11,729	8,187	5	0.00%	16.7%	37.5%
n-Hexane	39,003	508,461	5	0.00%	18.9%	68.7%
Phenol	7,764	6,689	3	0.00%	19.8%	31.8%
1,4-Dioxane	3	0	2	0.00%	18.7%	25.8%
Methanol	153,343	3,333,598	1	0.00%	17.3%	64.7%
Acetonitrile	1,828	0	1	0.00%	15.7%	6.7%
Cyclohexane	124,821	0	0	0.00%	15.4%	6.5%
Hydrogen sulfide	14	0	0	0.00%	19.5%	31.0%
Propionaldehyde	286	0	0	0.00%	19.6%	54.8%
Mercury	2	0	0	0.00%	18.4%	10.3%
Propylene (Propene)	283	0	0	0.00%	15.3%	59.5%
Isobutyraldehyde	225	0	0	0.00%	19.3%	53.7%
n-Butyl alcohol	642	0	0	0.00%	19.5%	54.3%
Formic acid	92	0	0	0.00%	24.6%	82.9%
Ethyl acrylate	0	1	0	0.00%	15.6%	60.6%
Titanium tetrachloride	10	0	0	0.00%	21.9%	84.8%
Butyraldehyde	1,376	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	7,186	26	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	157	279	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	63	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Diisocyanates	0	200	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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