General Motors
Rank in Toxic 100: 34
Rank among all TRI companies: 83
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 3,359,326
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 20,028
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 958,296
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 22%
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Polychlorinated alkanes
0
8,500
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
765,330
2,847
58
922
0.10%
21.4%
40.3%
39.2%
22.2%
9.5%
n-Butyl alcohol
645,377
2,204
10
127
0.01%
20.5%
40.1%
35.1%
20.1%
8.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
175,892
1,665
35
186
0.02%
21.5%
40.6%
40.8%
22.6%
11.0%
Diisocyanates
1,261
1,200
350,000
5,556
0.58%
19.2%
40.4%
24.7%
11.9%
8.6%
Ethylbenzene
87,614
703
890
2,698
0.28%
24.8%
43.5%
43.0%
28.2%
6.9%
Methanol
33,251
670
0
0
0.00%
25.4%
46.2%
50.2%
28.5%
14.1%
Glycol Ethers
806,356
639
180
8,854
0.92%
24.3%
47.1%
36.4%
20.8%
9.1%
Toluene
68,430
601
1
3
0.00%
23.4%
45.2%
43.5%
22.8%
14.1%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
57,450
378
1
2
0.00%
13.9%
30.5%
24.2%
12.7%
5.6%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
125,560
290
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Benzene
13,862
90
28,000
25,483
2.66%
22.4%
43.7%
35.2%
20.2%
8.6%
Cumene
220,883
86
9
50
0.01%
13.8%
29.5%
24.2%
12.9%
5.2%
n-Hexane
226,605
67
5
14
0.00%
15.4%
33.4%
34.9%
16.7%
11.5%
Naphthalene
32,644
42
12,000
6,905
0.72%
11.3%
26.9%
25.2%
9.6%
10.1%
Ethylene glycol
1,034
30
9
1
0.00%
19.5%
41.1%
43.4%
20.0%
15.8%
Cyclohexane
33
16
1
0
0.00%
16.4%
35.8%
34.0%
15.1%
11.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
4
0
390,000
25
0.00%
17.7%
41.5%
51.8%
14.5%
31.7%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
0
0
20,000
0
0.00%
15.3%
35.4%
43.9%
14.0%
24.1%
Formaldehyde
27,300
0
46,000
14,503
1.51%
15.6%
35.0%
24.6%
10.4%
7.4%
Cumene hydroperoxide
670
0
640
11
0.00%
25.7%
50.6%
43.2%
29.1%
10.1%
Methyl methacrylate
1
0
5
0
0.00%
8.1%
20.3%
18.0%
7.7%
6.3%
Phenol
49,500
0
18
5
0.00%
13.4%
31.8%
14.6%
1.6%
11.1%
Lead
12
0
23,000
14
0.00%
22.7%
42.8%
29.8%
20.1%
4.3%
Manganese
280
0
12,000
422
0.04%
22.4%
44.7%
38.8%
18.3%
12.9%
Nickel
916
0
930,000
5,654
0.59%
13.5%
31.8%
15.2%
3.4%
9.5%
Beryllium
7,000
0
8,600,000
789,170
82.35%
15.4%
34.8%
16.1%
2.0%
12.3%
Chromium
10
0
43,000,000
3,848
0.40%
15.0%
30.8%
18.4%
8.8%
4.4%
Copper
2,109
0
1,500
121
0.01%
7.2%
19.4%
14.9%
6.6%
2.6%
Ammonia
2,716
0
7
3
0.00%
23.1%
51.0%
53.5%
11.1%
38.1%
Sulfuric acid
841
0
3,500
22
0.00%
15.9%
35.7%
21.1%
8.4%
10.3%
Chromium compounds
1,703
0
43,000,000
13,318
1.39%
12.7%
30.8%
13.8%
1.4%
10.5%
Copper compounds
43
0
1,500
0
0.00%
13.5%
32.0%
14.6%
1.6%
11.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
2
0.00%
13.5%
31.9%
14.5%
1.6%
11.0%
Lead compounds
291
0
23,000
53
0.01%
14.0%
32.8%
14.7%
1.7%
11.0%
Manganese compounds
971
0
12,000
1,294
0.13%
19.2%
45.5%
63.6%
15.8%
43.1%
Nickel compounds
253
0
930,000
79,016
8.25%
21.7%
51.3%
76.6%
18.1%
53.9%
Zinc compounds
3,124
0
100
17
0.00%
22.0%
46.2%
51.7%
14.7%
30.3%
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