PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Westlake Chemical

Rank in Toxic 100: 47
Rank among all TRI companies: 115
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 3,209,537
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 777,365
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 634,732
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 32%

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This company is rank 37 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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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
Phthalic anhydride	3,352	2,120	180	13	0.00%	23.3%	53.7%	67.9%	61.0%	1.1%
Methanol	26,743	0	0	0	0.00%	19.8%	42.7%	55.0%	48.1%	3.6%
Acetophenone	45	0	10	0	0.00%	19.7%	42.4%	54.8%	47.8%	3.7%
CFC-12	14,760	0	5	2	0.00%	19.7%	42.2%	54.5%	47.5%	3.8%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)	24,104	0	0	0	0.00%	19.7%	42.2%	54.5%	47.5%	3.8%
Chloromethane	53	0	640	1	0.00%	19.7%	42.0%	54.4%	47.3%	3.8%
Phenol	160	0	18	0	0.00%	20.4%	41.9%	54.5%	47.2%	3.9%
Chromium compounds	22	0	43,000,000	6,382	1.01%	19.8%	41.7%	54.2%	47.0%	3.8%
Cumene	21,748	0	9	5	0.00%	19.5%	42.3%	53.0%	46.1%	3.7%
Nickel compounds	156	0	930,000	1,445	0.23%	20.3%	40.5%	53.0%	45.4%	4.0%
Lead compounds	2	0	23,000	0	0.00%	20.9%	38.5%	51.3%	42.9%	4.2%
Asbestos (friable)	3	0	170,000,000	3,102	0.49%	20.9%	38.5%	51.3%	42.9%	4.2%
Zinc compounds	90	0	100	0	0.00%	21.1%	39.6%	51.7%	41.4%	6.4%
Chloroprene	6,042	0	1,100,000	132,273	20.84%	15.1%	29.7%	43.8%	34.1%	4.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	32	19	390,000	49	0.01%	19.3%	37.1%	41.8%	33.8%	4.0%
Antimony compounds	1,060	0	18,000	926	0.15%	11.5%	22.5%	38.7%	33.5%	2.1%
Sodium nitrite	10	0	10	0	0.00%	13.9%	27.5%	42.8%	33.3%	4.9%
Chloroform	55,654	6,445	82,000	54,622	8.61%	15.6%	31.5%	38.8%	29.9%	4.5%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	1	1,400,000,000	2	0.00%	17.9%	35.7%	37.6%	29.7%	4.0%
Butyl acrylate	1,424	0	3,500	146	0.02%	22.6%	48.2%	56.2%	29.3%	23.8%
Methyl acrylate	4,094	0	180	22	0.00%	22.4%	48.0%	55.6%	28.9%	23.6%
Ethylene glycol	5,763	0	9	2	0.00%	22.3%	48.0%	55.5%	28.8%	23.6%
n-Hexane	26,069	0	5	4	0.00%	21.8%	47.4%	54.0%	27.9%	23.0%
Maleic anhydride	4,203	0	5,000	620	0.10%	21.8%	47.3%	53.7%	27.7%	22.9%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether	23	5,831	1,200,000	389	0.06%	14.3%	29.5%	36.2%	27.6%	4.5%
Acetaldehyde	6,258	0	7,900	1,254	0.20%	21.4%	47.0%	52.9%	27.2%	22.7%
Formaldehyde	30,611	0	46,000	35,099	5.53%	20.8%	46.3%	51.0%	26.1%	22.0%
Ammonia	65,618	1	7	7	0.00%	17.4%	38.1%	36.7%	24.2%	8.9%
Hexachloroethane	326	3,600	14,000	162	0.03%	16.1%	37.0%	30.9%	23.8%	3.6%
Dichloromethane	54	0	36	0	0.00%	18.6%	37.4%	30.3%	23.6%	3.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	8,049	0	35	2	0.00%	18.3%	36.6%	29.9%	23.0%	3.6%
Ethylene oxide	5	0	11,000,000	664	0.10%	16.7%	36.7%	29.6%	22.3%	3.7%
1,2-Dichloroethane	173,203	37,735	93,000	271,151	42.72%	15.6%	33.4%	28.1%	20.9%	3.7%
Ethylbenzene	8,549	0	890	106	0.02%	17.5%	40.8%	26.9%	20.7%	3.9%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	22,594	95	0	0	0.00%	15.5%	35.4%	27.9%	20.6%	3.7%
Chlorine	52,110	0	23,000	7,642	1.20%	16.6%	37.0%	28.2%	19.9%	4.4%
Vinylidene chloride	3,483	360	18	2	0.00%	15.1%	35.0%	27.1%	19.8%	3.6%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	11,028	73,976	5,700	1,872	0.29%	15.4%	35.4%	26.7%	19.6%	3.6%
Lead	11	0	23,000	0	0.00%	15.7%	36.3%	26.3%	18.6%	3.7%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	7	5,600	18	0	0.00%	15.7%	36.3%	26.3%	18.6%	3.7%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	90	360,000	0	0.00%	15.7%	36.3%	26.3%	18.6%	3.7%
Ethylidene dichloride	6,281	14	570	101	0.02%	15.2%	35.5%	25.5%	18.4%	3.5%
Trichloroethylene	24,618	9,729	15,000	11,072	1.74%	15.2%	35.6%	25.4%	18.3%	3.5%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)	63	4,500	18	0	0.00%	15.5%	36.0%	25.7%	18.3%	3.6%
Hydrochloric acid	158,373	0	180	483	0.08%	15.8%	35.7%	25.2%	18.2%	3.5%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	5,864	6,070	110	18	0.00%	15.3%	35.7%	25.2%	18.2%	3.5%
Copper compounds	1,110	0	1,500	30	0.00%	15.1%	35.6%	25.1%	18.1%	3.5%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	66,042	36,190	930	1,177	0.19%	15.2%	35.8%	25.1%	18.0%	3.5%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	35,416	29,600	1	1	0.00%	15.2%	35.8%	25.0%	18.0%	3.5%
Bromine	24	0	2,100	2	0.00%	15.2%	35.7%	25.0%	18.0%	3.5%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	3,851	4,430	2,600	369	0.06%	15.2%	35.7%	25.0%	18.0%	3.5%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene	336	33,000	7,900	85	0.01%	15.2%	35.8%	25.0%	17.9%	3.5%
1,2-Butylene oxide	435	1	180	3	0.00%	15.1%	35.7%	25.0%	17.9%	3.5%
Biphenyl	5,934	12,000	800	161	0.03%	15.1%	35.7%	24.7%	17.7%	3.5%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	1,422	9,997	210,000	6,877	1.08%	15.6%	35.7%	23.8%	17.1%	3.4%
Vinyl chloride	188,563	664	31,000	69,019	10.87%	16.3%	34.8%	23.5%	17.1%	3.2%
1,4-Dichloro-2-butene	1	34	9,300,000	299	0.05%	15.5%	36.2%	22.9%	16.2%	3.4%
Ethylene	1,833,891	0	1	34	0.01%	14.8%	36.8%	28.8%	15.9%	10.4%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	141	0	93	0	0.00%	15.9%	37.0%	21.6%	14.0%	4.3%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb)	9	0	1,000	0	0.00%	15.9%	37.0%	21.6%	14.0%	4.3%
tert-Butyl alcohol	1,645	509	10	1	0.00%	12.8%	33.9%	23.8%	13.7%	7.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	2	0	58	0	0.00%	15.9%	36.9%	21.2%	13.7%	4.3%
Styrene	31,338	314	4	1	0.00%	15.4%	36.7%	21.0%	13.6%	3.8%
Carbon tetrachloride	15,672	1,514	21,000	5,077	0.80%	15.5%	34.1%	19.2%	12.7%	3.3%
Toluene	11,663	0	1	0	0.00%	16.9%	38.2%	18.5%	12.5%	3.6%
Chlorobenzene	193	2,157	4	0	0.00%	15.6%	34.6%	18.1%	11.8%	3.2%
Propylene (Propene)	91,826	0	1	1	0.00%	13.6%	34.8%	15.3%	9.6%	3.6%
Vinyl acetate	82,127	449,649	18	89	0.01%	9.8%	29.7%	14.7%	9.1%	3.5%
1,3-Butadiene	15,109	0	110,000	7,859	1.24%	16.5%	39.1%	14.7%	9.0%	3.7%
Benzene	32,208	16,025	28,000	9,423	1.48%	16.3%	37.4%	14.0%	8.3%	3.4%
Hexachlorobenzene	559	4,014	1,600,000	3,843	0.61%	16.5%	36.3%	11.7%	6.5%	2.6%
Naphthalene	7,894	1,625	12,000	412	0.06%	16.1%	36.2%	10.5%	5.3%	2.8%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	24	4	3,900	0	0.00%	16.4%	36.3%	10.0%	5.0%	2.5%
Copper	21	0	1,500	0	0.00%	16.3%	36.2%	9.9%	4.9%	2.5%
Dicyclopentadiene	8,343	0	18,000	317	0.05%	15.4%	35.0%	8.4%	3.5%	2.5%
Mercury compounds	128	0	12,000	10	0.00%	15.1%	35.9%	5.3%	2.8%	0.8%
Anthracene	234	0	3	0	0.00%	15.7%	34.0%	7.7%	2.5%	2.7%
Pentachloroethane	554	16,002	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Isoprene	99	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Phenanthrene	2	667	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene	4	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Pentachlorobenzene	0	2,783	1,300	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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