PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Celanese

Rank in Toxic 100: 6
Rank among all TRI companies: 10
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 749,429
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 8,522,959
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 5,910,376
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 1.7%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 59%

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This company is rank 5 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
Ethylene oxide	3,568	7,364	11,000,000	5,867,825	99.28%	14.6%	32.6%	59.3%	12.3%	41.3%
Methyl iodide	234	33,767	290,000	23,354	0.40%	15.4%	34.0%	62.1%	13.1%	43.3%
Acetaldehyde	37,678	14,942	7,900	11,045	0.19%	15.0%	34.3%	54.6%	12.7%	36.4%
Formaldehyde	27,328	105,957	46,000	4,684	0.08%	23.9%	44.5%	80.2%	3.6%	73.8%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	19,213	172,457	3,900	1,791	0.03%	17.2%	41.1%	30.6%	18.9%	8.2%
Antimony compounds	471	0	18,000	830	0.01%	17.4%	35.5%	26.0%	14.1%	7.0%
Benzene	2,761	0	28,000	300	0.01%	25.4%	46.1%	82.7%	2.3%	78.2%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	110,000	187	0.00%	16.0%	34.1%	7.2%	2.6%	1.6%
Vinyl acetate	199,340	1,331,568	18	176	0.00%	14.7%	33.3%	55.8%	12.5%	37.7%
Acrolein	92	0	180,000	118	0.00%	15.4%	33.4%	56.9%	11.3%	40.2%
Ammonia	41,636	0	7	16	0.00%	15.0%	33.1%	58.8%	12.2%	40.8%
Zinc compounds	993	0	100	10	0.00%	17.4%	35.5%	26.0%	14.1%	7.0%
Butyl acrylate	152	3,600	3,500	8	0.00%	16.2%	39.5%	31.1%	20.6%	6.3%
Dichloromethane	34,960	0	36	8	0.00%	16.2%	34.4%	7.2%	2.7%	1.6%
Ethylene glycol	12,557	194	9	6	0.00%	15.7%	38.4%	45.9%	16.0%	25.0%
Ethylene	116,993	3,421,659	1	4	0.00%	15.3%	34.5%	57.8%	13.6%	38.8%
n-Hexane	3,363	463,915	5	3	0.00%	15.0%	33.3%	61.0%	12.6%	42.7%
Phenol	7,422	74	18	3	0.00%	17.6%	43.0%	30.7%	19.8%	7.5%
1,4-Dioxane	3	0	18,000	2	0.00%	18.3%	46.0%	28.9%	20.7%	4.4%
Methanol	136,872	2,929,126	0	1	0.00%	15.9%	34.7%	63.2%	12.4%	45.4%
Acetonitrile	3,128	0	58	1	0.00%	16.2%	34.4%	7.3%	2.7%	1.6%
Acrylic acid	19	1	3,500	1	0.00%	16.2%	40.6%	30.5%	19.5%	6.6%
Hydrogen sulfide	14	0	1,800	0	0.00%	17.4%	39.8%	29.9%	18.2%	8.0%
Cyclohexane	88,626	0	1	0	0.00%	16.1%	34.2%	7.1%	2.6%	1.6%
Ethyl acrylate	18	1	73	0	0.00%	13.9%	31.3%	56.5%	11.2%	39.8%
Propionaldehyde	318	0	440	0	0.00%	21.5%	41.4%	52.6%	10.6%	38.2%
Mercury	2	0	12,000	0	0.00%	18.7%	36.1%	10.9%	3.7%	2.3%
Isobutyraldehyde	421	0	100	0	0.00%	21.4%	41.5%	51.4%	10.6%	36.9%
Propylene (Propene)	147	0	1	0	0.00%	14.3%	32.0%	58.9%	11.5%	41.5%
n-Butyl alcohol	1,478	0	10	0	0.00%	21.3%	41.5%	52.0%	10.5%	37.7%
Formic acid	92	0	1	0	0.00%	25.2%	46.0%	82.7%	2.3%	78.1%
Titanium tetrachloride	9	71	35,000	0	0.00%	26.3%	48.1%	81.8%	0.0%	81.8%
Butyraldehyde	1,775	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	7,189	22,265	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	56	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	48	360,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Diisocyanates	0	15,950	350,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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