PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Solvay

Rank in Toxic 100: 37
Rank among all TRI companies: 77
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 801,801
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 2,910,167
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 798,653
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 57%

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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
Chlorobenzene	297,127	304,647	4	42	0.01%	19.9%	40.9%	36.7%	30.0%	3.6%
Hydrogen cyanide	88,464	0	4,400	19,496	2.44%	13.8%	31.2%	45.8%	26.0%	12.3%
Methanol	79,145	278,624	0	1	0.00%	15.8%	35.7%	57.7%	16.7%	28.1%
Toluene	57,371	399,703	1	0	0.00%	16.8%	37.1%	5.1%	1.6%	1.1%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	51,331	431,503	1	2	0.00%	23.9%	45.4%	62.1%	58.7%	1.9%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	44,354	66,201	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Acrylonitrile	38,004	644,020	240,000	181,816	22.77%	13.7%	33.7%	33.8%	20.5%	8.4%
Ethylene	27,762	0	1	0	0.00%	20.0%	39.3%	37.9%	19.2%	15.6%
Chloromethane	19,304	11,211	640	270	0.03%	16.6%	36.6%	10.1%	6.5%	1.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	15,913	323,200	120	33	0.00%	13.4%	33.2%	32.2%	19.2%	8.0%
Freon 113	15,661	35,671	5	1	0.00%	18.2%	38.1%	37.9%	19.6%	14.0%
Chloroform	8,191	20,301	82,000	8,149	1.02%	18.6%	38.3%	37.9%	19.6%	14.3%
Phenol	6,269	119,894	18	25	0.00%	14.7%	33.8%	71.0%	4.3%	47.5%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	6,111	13,222	3,900	483	0.06%	28.5%	48.7%	38.1%	3.3%	30.2%
Ammonia	5,607	0	7	3	0.00%	19.0%	38.3%	51.7%	34.0%	12.7%
Hydrochloric acid	4,884	0	180	92	0.01%	19.2%	38.1%	52.0%	38.0%	8.0%
Triethylamine	4,225	43,100	500	11	0.00%	17.3%	37.3%	4.0%	0.8%	0.7%
Hydrogen fluoride	3,861	0	250	117	0.01%	27.5%	50.2%	68.4%	61.9%	3.4%
Biphenyl	3,648	403	800	60	0.01%	15.7%	35.6%	4.7%	1.2%	1.5%
Ethylene glycol	3,169	0	9	2	0.00%	13.2%	36.8%	44.2%	21.1%	13.0%
Nonylphenol	2,571	1,785	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Acrylic acid	2,271	6,938	3,500	1,524	0.19%	17.6%	35.3%	50.8%	35.4%	8.3%
Epichlorohydrin	2,221	0	4,300	866	0.11%	13.3%	36.6%	45.5%	22.4%	13.1%
Propylene oxide	1,798	0	13,000	1,717	0.22%	17.1%	38.2%	65.5%	14.8%	43.9%
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane	1,599	0	0	0	0.00%	16.9%	33.3%	46.5%	27.6%	10.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	1,520	2,600	35	3	0.00%	16.6%	37.6%	69.0%	10.0%	42.7%
Chloroacetic acid	1,507	0	500	68	0.01%	13.3%	36.6%	45.4%	22.3%	13.1%
Formaldehyde	1,450	8,130	46,000	40,905	5.12%	14.5%	33.7%	73.2%	3.5%	49.3%
Formic acid	1,000	0	1	0	0.00%	17.1%	37.3%	4.3%	1.0%	0.9%
Hydroquinone	790	23,191	60,000	2,333	0.29%	23.8%	45.3%	67.9%	61.3%	3.8%
Catechol	681	25,578	9,000	353	0.04%	26.0%	47.9%	80.4%	76.8%	2.3%
Acrylamide	480	21,527	360,000	9,720	1.22%	15.1%	37.7%	37.9%	17.9%	11.1%
Allyl alcohol	401	0	12,000	259	0.03%	17.1%	40.4%	42.1%	32.5%	5.3%
Glycol Ethers	358	2,991	180	1	0.00%	13.4%	34.7%	48.6%	18.7%	22.1%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	328	70,419	0	0	0.00%	24.5%	46.0%	73.8%	69.5%	2.5%
Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA)	292	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Ethylene oxide	284	0	11,000,000	529,737	66.33%	16.0%	36.4%	64.4%	15.6%	39.8%
Methyl acrylate	250	0	180	4	0.00%	13.2%	36.9%	43.9%	20.9%	12.9%
Hydrogen sulfide	223	0	1,800	5	0.00%	11.8%	35.4%	13.3%	7.9%	3.3%
Styrene	208	0	4	0	0.00%	14.0%	36.7%	14.6%	7.7%	4.3%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol	158	0	20	0	0.00%	15.2%	35.1%	4.5%	1.1%	1.7%
Maleic anhydride	150	0	5,000	9	0.00%	17.1%	37.2%	4.3%	1.0%	0.9%
Diethanolamine	135	15	1,200	12	0.00%	15.1%	34.4%	72.1%	55.3%	12.9%
Zinc compounds	129	0	100	0	0.00%	16.2%	36.0%	5.0%	1.4%	1.3%
Dimethylamine	112	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Trichloroacetyl chloride	104	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Diphenylamine	80	0	33	0	0.00%	12.4%	36.8%	13.6%	8.1%	3.3%
Nitric acid	66	0	270	2	0.00%	18.9%	41.5%	63.5%	13.9%	44.3%
Butyl acrylate	45	0	3,500	1	0.00%	14.2%	36.2%	14.6%	7.3%	4.6%
Naphthalene	42	0	12,000	289	0.04%	16.6%	37.7%	77.8%	11.5%	48.4%
Ethylbenzene	40	0	890	0	0.00%	13.9%	34.8%	51.6%	5.2%	44.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	30	0	390,000	145	0.02%	13.1%	32.8%	33.6%	20.2%	8.4%
Propargyl alcohol	20	0	500	0	0.00%	13.9%	34.9%	51.6%	5.2%	44.3%
Cyclohexanol	16	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	13	0	58	0	0.00%	16.9%	38.0%	76.8%	11.1%	48.0%
2-Ethoxyethanol	12	35,712	18	0	0.00%	10.5%	25.2%	30.0%	17.1%	6.7%
m-Cresol	9	0	6	0	0.00%	19.3%	46.1%	48.5%	40.3%	4.1%
4,4'-Diaminodiphenylether	4	0	140,000	12	0.00%	14.5%	35.6%	41.5%	27.1%	9.8%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline	2	0	1,600,000	83	0.01%	14.5%	35.6%	41.5%	27.1%	9.8%
1,3-Phenylenediamine	1	0	170	0	0.00%	14.5%	35.6%	41.5%	27.1%	9.8%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	229	360,000	1	0.00%	21.9%	43.2%	57.6%	48.2%	5.4%
1,4-Dioxane	0	4	18,000	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0	19,349	700	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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