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United States Steel

Rank in Toxic 100: 54
Rank among all TRI companies: 120
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 1,758,524
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 8,045,733
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 489,723
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 24%
EJ: Minority Share: 53%

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This company is rank 48 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 25 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Arsenic compounds 263 0 159,446 32.56% 25.5% 53.5%
Chromium compounds 1,124 0 92,349 18.86% 25.0% 62.3%
Cadmium compounds 193 0 58,954 12.04% 25.7% 68.5%
Benzene 47,623 121,276 42,249 8.63% 20.8% 34.1%
Hydrogen sulfide 344,887 44,709 34,640 7.07% 23.1% 44.5%
Manganese compounds 27,747 0 21,862 4.46% 25.8% 62.8%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 2,436 45,605 21,390 4.37% 22.3% 25.3%
Cobalt compounds 35 0 19,036 3.89% 24.5% 67.2%
Nickel compounds 552 0 16,286 3.33% 24.2% 59.9%
Chromium 9 0 3,592 0.73% 29.3% 56.2%
Naphthalene 8,532 164,171 3,494 0.71% 20.0% 25.2%
Hydrogen cyanide 19,950 0 3,427 0.70% 19.0% 23.8%
Lead compounds 2,010 0 2,828 0.58% 24.8% 56.4%
Beryllium compounds 7 0 2,676 0.55% 25.3% 66.8%
Cyanide compounds 13,951 3 2,505 0.51% 19.2% 23.8%
Hydrochloric acid 311,676 0 1,690 0.35% 17.4% 25.6%
Nickel 31 0 1,161 0.24% 24.6% 49.9%
Zinc compounds 101,033 0 685 0.14% 25.9% 65.7%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 517 289 255 0.05% 21.8% 25.0%
Molybdenum trioxide 280 0 244 0.05% 26.2% 68.9%
Ammonia 520,933 161 188 0.04% 22.4% 43.7%
Barium compounds 570 0 144 0.03% 24.1% 60.3%
Sulfuric acid 2,300 0 117 0.02% 19.9% 62.0%
Antimony compounds 125 0 114 0.02% 25.8% 66.0%
Mercury compounds 236 0 106 0.02% 24.2% 61.9%
Thallium compounds 127 0 83 0.02% 25.7% 68.4%
Copper compounds 1,382 0 74 0.02% 25.2% 55.5%
Manganese 57 0 41 0.01% 30.5% 56.9%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 25 0.01% 19.9% 62.0%
Phenol 37,348 225 23 0.00% 20.3% 24.4%
Biphenyl 281 578 9 0.00% 19.6% 24.0%
Carbon disulfide 32,342 699 6 0.00% 19.0% 23.8%
Ethylene 144,234 6,995,836 6 0.00% 17.8% 26.9%
Lead 4 0 4 0.00% 23.7% 60.2%
Vanadium compounds 664 0 4 0.00% 24.6% 62.1%
Copper 25 0 3 0.00% 27.3% 41.7%
Ethylbenzene 51 79 1 0.00% 17.8% 23.6%
Methanol 113,401 0 1 0.00% 19.9% 30.3%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 2,997 406 1 0.00% 20.8% 24.6%
Acetonitrile 374 578 0 0.00% 16.1% 23.2%
Propylene (Propene) 2,641 529,513 0 0.00% 17.1% 22.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 371 2,511 0 0.00% 17.8% 23.7%
Selenium compounds 99 0 0 0.00% 25.3% 65.0%
Pyridine 7 308 0 0.00% 18.7% 23.8%
Dicyclopentadiene 1 216 0 0.00% 15.4% 23.9%
Silver compounds 28 0 0 0.00% 23.6% 66.1%
Toluene 8,126 14,207 0 0.00% 16.1% 23.3%
Anthracene 421 29,270 0 0.00% 20.7% 26.8%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 1,367 0 0 0.00% 19.3% 23.9%
Styrene 265 1,025 0 0.00% 16.9% 23.8%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2 165 0 0.00% 18.9% 24.1%
Phenanthrene 4,013 74,410 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol 0 102 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dibenzofuran 877 19,391 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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