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)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Ethylene oxide	3,568	7,364	5,867,825	99.28%	14.6%	59.3%
Methyl iodide	234	33,767	23,354	0.40%	15.4%	62.1%
Acetaldehyde	37,678	14,942	11,045	0.19%	15.0%	54.6%
Formaldehyde	27,328	105,957	4,684	0.08%	23.9%	80.2%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	19,213	172,457	1,791	0.03%	17.2%	30.6%
Antimony compounds	471	0	830	0.01%	17.4%	26.0%
Benzene	2,761	0	300	0.01%	25.4%	82.7%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	187	0.00%	16.0%	7.2%
Vinyl acetate	199,340	1,331,568	176	0.00%	14.7%	55.8%
Acrolein	92	0	118	0.00%	15.4%	56.9%
Ammonia	41,636	0	16	0.00%	15.0%	58.8%
Zinc compounds	993	0	10	0.00%	17.4%	26.0%
Butyl acrylate	152	3,600	8	0.00%	16.2%	31.1%
Dichloromethane	34,960	0	8	0.00%	16.2%	7.2%
Ethylene glycol	12,557	194	6	0.00%	15.7%	45.9%
Ethylene	116,993	3,421,659	4	0.00%	15.3%	57.8%
n-Hexane	3,363	463,915	3	0.00%	15.0%	61.0%
Phenol	7,422	74	3	0.00%	17.6%	30.7%
1,4-Dioxane	3	0	2	0.00%	18.3%	28.9%
Methanol	136,872	2,929,126	1	0.00%	15.9%	63.2%
Acetonitrile	3,128	0	1	0.00%	16.2%	7.3%
Acrylic acid	19	1	1	0.00%	16.2%	30.5%
Hydrogen sulfide	14	0	0	0.00%	17.4%	29.9%
Cyclohexane	88,626	0	0	0.00%	16.1%	7.1%
Ethyl acrylate	18	1	0	0.00%	13.9%	56.5%
Propionaldehyde	318	0	0	0.00%	21.5%	52.6%
Mercury	2	0	0	0.00%	18.7%	10.9%
Isobutyraldehyde	421	0	0	0.00%	21.4%	51.4%
Propylene (Propene)	147	0	0	0.00%	14.3%	58.9%
n-Butyl alcohol	1,478	0	0	0.00%	21.3%	52.0%
Formic acid	92	0	0	0.00%	25.2%	82.7%
Titanium tetrachloride	9	71	0	0.00%	26.3%	81.8%
Butyraldehyde	1,775	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	7,189	22,265	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	56	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	48	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Diisocyanates	0	15,950	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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