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Merck KGaA (EMD)

Rank among all TRI companies: 513
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 50,699
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 616,982
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 39,292
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%

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Chloroform 1,901 61,040 82,000 38,776 98.69% 21.7% 40.9% 47.9% 38.5% 4.0%
1,4-Dioxane 74 0 18,000 223 0.57% 26.2% 46.3% 54.7% 23.4% 24.5%
Acetonitrile 6,527 138,678 58 121 0.31% 17.6% 34.4% 37.5% 24.2% 7.7%
Formaldehyde 12 4,545 46,000 73 0.19% 25.1% 47.2% 64.9% 51.1% 6.7%
Dichloromethane 20,065 248,000 36 55 0.14% 17.1% 34.1% 35.0% 23.6% 5.7%
Naphthalene 6 0 12,000 11 0.03% 6.0% 14.6% 42.7% 9.1% 13.9%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 3,508 26 93 7 0.02% 7.8% 26.7% 22.2% 4.2% 9.0%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 255 3,827 120 5 0.01% 11.7% 27.3% 50.2% 13.1% 30.5%
Triethylamine 75 0 500 5 0.01% 25.2% 46.6% 59.4% 49.9% 4.0%
Pyridine 10 0 1,000 5 0.01% 18.1% 35.0% 35.6% 26.0% 4.4%
n-Hexane 1,846 321 5 4 0.01% 18.5% 35.4% 35.6% 26.1% 4.1%
Allyl alcohol 14 4,856 12,000 3 0.01% 6.8% 25.7% 20.4% 2.4% 9.1%
Mercury compounds 1 0 12,000 2 0.01% 23.2% 44.0% 57.9% 48.7% 3.7%
Methanol 15,503 154,239 0 0 0.00% 24.8% 46.1% 51.6% 40.5% 5.9%
Ammonia 250 0 7 0 0.00% 28.0% 50.0% 60.1% 50.5% 4.4%
Nitric acid 5 0 270 0 0.00% 8.0% 21.4% 46.3% 31.2% 8.8%
Ethylene glycol 5 0 9 0 0.00% 28.3% 50.3% 60.2% 50.6% 4.4%
Toluene 275 750 1 0 0.00% 7.2% 26.1% 20.7% 2.4% 9.1%
Formic acid 10 700 1 0 0.00% 18.1% 35.0% 35.6% 26.0% 4.4%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 356 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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