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Rio Tinto

Rank in Toxic 100: 23
Rank among all TRI companies: 42
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 106,796
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 33
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 1,664,647
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 9%
EJ: Minority Share: 30%

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This company is rank 21 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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Arsenic compounds 3,646 0 1,399,946 84.10% 9.3% 30.9%
Chromium compounds 400 0 200,705 12.06% 7.3% 24.5%
Cadmium compounds 372 0 42,190 2.53% 8.5% 28.4%
Lead compounds 15,867 0 10,141 0.61% 9.2% 30.5%
Nickel compounds 273 0 8,285 0.50% 8.9% 29.7%
Sulfuric acid 27,435 5 1,735 0.10% 8.6% 28.7%
Copper compounds 39,507 0 1,282 0.08% 9.1% 30.5%
Manganese compounds 306 0 121 0.01% 7.3% 24.6%
Antimony compounds 121 0 91 0.01% 10.0% 32.9%
Zinc compounds 3,008 0 69 0.00% 16.6% 72.1%
Thallium compounds 159 0 39 0.00% 8.5% 28.4%
Cyanide compounds 82 0 15 0.00% 6.7% 22.7%
Naphthalene 36 28 12 0.00% 6.2% 21.8%
Hydrochloric acid 504 0 5 0.00% 10.2% 33.6%
Mercury compounds 15 0 3 0.00% 8.5% 28.4%
Ammonia 13,789 0 2 0.00% 7.8% 26.2%
Selenium compounds 583 0 2 0.00% 10.1% 34.8%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 2 0.00% 6.7% 22.7%
Silver compounds 208 0 1 0.00% 9.5% 31.5%
Vanadium compounds 235 0 1 0.00% 8.5% 28.4%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 250 0 0 0.00% 5.7% 21.0%

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