PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Nucor

Rank in Toxic 100: 62
Rank among all TRI companies: 148
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 577,645
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 376,403
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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This company is rank 98 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
Chromium compounds	5,113	0	220,524	58.59%	19.9%	46.1%
Chromium	94	0	70,086	18.62%	16.7%	24.5%
Nickel compounds	2,285	0	39,020	10.37%	17.1%	39.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	574	0	23,885	6.35%	9.5%	34.3%
Manganese compounds	30,812	0	6,814	1.81%	20.1%	44.7%
Cadmium compounds	77	0	4,679	1.24%	17.6%	33.0%
Lead compounds	5,377	0	3,557	0.95%	33.3%	76.6%
Nickel	66	0	3,508	0.93%	16.5%	24.5%
Glycol Ethers	192,735	0	1,548	0.41%	24.3%	50.3%
Manganese	1,340	0	727	0.19%	15.7%	24.9%
Hydrogen sulfide	116,351	0	707	0.19%	14.1%	37.6%
Cobalt compounds	4	0	677	0.18%	25.4%	67.4%
Mercury compounds	4,577	0	305	0.08%	15.5%	42.5%
Arsenic compounds	10	0	128	0.03%	17.7%	52.4%
Copper compounds	2,524	0	81	0.02%	16.4%	43.4%
Zinc compounds	66,774	0	63	0.02%	20.2%	46.8%
Barium compounds	691	0	31	0.01%	15.6%	38.7%
Hydrochloric acid	17,180	0	28	0.01%	12.4%	29.5%
Lead	15	0	17	0.00%	15.3%	26.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	33,346	0	10	0.00%	18.5%	15.0%
Nitric acid	431	0	3	0.00%	18.5%	35.2%
Ammonia	96,840	0	2	0.00%	14.8%	39.1%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	0	2	0.00%	16.5%	51.7%
Vanadium compounds	174	0	0	0.00%	18.2%	40.3%
Propylene (Propene)	256	0	0	0.00%	16.4%	24.0%
Copper	0	0	0	0.00%	12.3%	39.5%

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