Formosa Plastics
Rank in Toxic 100: 63
Rank among all TRI companies: 153
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 1,421,399
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 6,935,367
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 364,055
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 24%
EJ: Minority Share: 72%
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This company is rank 29 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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Ethylene
492,696
0
2
0.00%
23.7%
74.5%
Propylene (Propene)
161,303
0
0
0.00%
16.1%
59.4%
Vinyl acetate
141,388
30,622
12
0.00%
12.2%
46.2%
Vinyl chloride
122,950
1,263
52,610
14.45%
18.1%
59.2%
Chlorine
86,559
0
21,009
5.77%
21.2%
59.8%
n-Hexane
70,959
5,382
1
0.00%
14.6%
56.5%
Ammonia
66,632
0
2
0.00%
12.6%
48.1%
Acetaldehyde
65,021
0
3,071
0.84%
29.0%
63.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane
57,356
2,471,586
240,610
66.09%
25.4%
76.9%
Hydrochloric acid
34,075
90
57
0.02%
22.2%
65.5%
Chloromethane
19,568
0
20
0.01%
15.9%
59.0%
Hydroquinone
18,962
0
1,691
0.46%
15.6%
58.7%
Ethylene glycol
14,011
0
1
0.00%
28.2%
63.3%
Acetophenone
9,853
0
1
0.00%
21.2%
59.6%
1,3-Butadiene
8,358
0
1,264
0.35%
14.9%
57.3%
Benzene
8,258
46,824
859
0.24%
18.5%
58.6%
Toluene
6,383
4
0
0.00%
13.4%
53.9%
Methanol
3,574
0
0
0.00%
15.5%
58.2%
Chloroform
3,205
92,682
7,737
2.13%
24.8%
74.5%
Ethylbenzene
2,992
1,647
9
0.00%
13.6%
54.3%
m-Xylene
2,959
0
0
0.00%
12.7%
52.4%
1,4-Dioxane
2,429
0
296
0.08%
29.2%
63.4%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
2,346
40
0
0.00%
23.6%
69.9%
Carbon tetrachloride
2,277
68,995
1,754
0.48%
24.9%
74.8%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
2,110
0
0
0.00%
15.4%
58.2%
p-Xylene
1,890
0
0
0.00%
12.9%
52.8%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,573
2,612,908
160
0.04%
23.4%
68.5%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
1,572
605,555
23
0.01%
22.9%
66.7%
o-Xylene
1,441
0
0
0.00%
13.0%
53.2%
Ethylidene dichloride
1,380
0
9
0.00%
21.2%
59.5%
Chloroprene
1,372
0
15,723
4.32%
21.5%
60.5%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,361
91,237
0
0.00%
21.3%
59.8%
Naphthalene
1,089
2,170
21
0.01%
15.5%
58.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
1,076
116
0
0.00%
14.1%
55.5%
Trichloroethylene
874
92,524
886
0.24%
25.7%
78.0%
Cyclohexane
548
0
0
0.00%
15.3%
57.8%
Ethylene oxide
495
0
16,018
4.40%
14.1%
55.5%
Styrene
214
1
0
0.00%
13.8%
54.7%
Isoprene
114
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
76
228,861
179
0.05%
24.5%
75.4%
Chlorobenzene
42
228,629
0
0.00%
21.5%
69.2%
Cumene
41
0
0
0.00%
15.7%
58.7%
Biphenyl
8
0
0
0.00%
31.3%
66.8%
Hydrogen sulfide
7
0
0
0.00%
13.5%
54.1%
Dicyclopentadiene
2
0
0
0.00%
10.6%
47.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
29
0.01%
21.1%
59.5%
Pentachloroethane
0
262,573
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
0
91,224
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Titanium tetrachloride
0
436
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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