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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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Ethylene oxide 3,568 7,364 11,000,000 5,867,825 99.28% 14.6% 32.6% 59.3% 12.3% 41.3%
Methyl iodide 234 33,767 290,000 23,354 0.40% 15.4% 34.0% 62.1% 13.1% 43.3%
Acetaldehyde 37,678 14,942 7,900 11,045 0.19% 15.0% 34.3% 54.6% 12.7% 36.4%
Formaldehyde 27,328 105,957 46,000 4,684 0.08% 23.9% 44.5% 80.2% 3.6% 73.8%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 19,213 172,457 3,900 1,791 0.03% 17.2% 41.1% 30.6% 18.9% 8.2%
Antimony compounds 471 0 18,000 830 0.01% 17.4% 35.5% 26.0% 14.1% 7.0%
Benzene 2,761 0 28,000 300 0.01% 25.4% 46.1% 82.7% 2.3% 78.2%
1,3-Butadiene 500 0 110,000 187 0.00% 16.0% 34.1% 7.2% 2.6% 1.6%
Vinyl acetate 199,340 1,331,568 18 176 0.00% 14.7% 33.3% 55.8% 12.5% 37.7%
Acrolein 92 0 180,000 118 0.00% 15.4% 33.4% 56.9% 11.3% 40.2%
Ammonia 41,636 0 7 16 0.00% 15.0% 33.1% 58.8% 12.2% 40.8%
Zinc compounds 993 0 100 10 0.00% 17.4% 35.5% 26.0% 14.1% 7.0%
Butyl acrylate 152 3,600 3,500 8 0.00% 16.2% 39.5% 31.1% 20.6% 6.3%
Dichloromethane 34,960 0 36 8 0.00% 16.2% 34.4% 7.2% 2.7% 1.6%
Ethylene glycol 12,557 194 9 6 0.00% 15.7% 38.4% 45.9% 16.0% 25.0%
Ethylene 116,993 3,421,659 1 4 0.00% 15.3% 34.5% 57.8% 13.6% 38.8%
n-Hexane 3,363 463,915 5 3 0.00% 15.0% 33.3% 61.0% 12.6% 42.7%
Phenol 7,422 74 18 3 0.00% 17.6% 43.0% 30.7% 19.8% 7.5%
1,4-Dioxane 3 0 18,000 2 0.00% 18.3% 46.0% 28.9% 20.7% 4.4%
Methanol 136,872 2,929,126 0 1 0.00% 15.9% 34.7% 63.2% 12.4% 45.4%
Acetonitrile 3,128 0 58 1 0.00% 16.2% 34.4% 7.3% 2.7% 1.6%
Acrylic acid 19 1 3,500 1 0.00% 16.2% 40.6% 30.5% 19.5% 6.6%
Hydrogen sulfide 14 0 1,800 0 0.00% 17.4% 39.8% 29.9% 18.2% 8.0%
Cyclohexane 88,626 0 1 0 0.00% 16.1% 34.2% 7.1% 2.6% 1.6%
Ethyl acrylate 18 1 73 0 0.00% 13.9% 31.3% 56.5% 11.2% 39.8%
Propionaldehyde 318 0 440 0 0.00% 21.5% 41.4% 52.6% 10.6% 38.2%
Mercury 2 0 12,000 0 0.00% 18.7% 36.1% 10.9% 3.7% 2.3%
Isobutyraldehyde 421 0 100 0 0.00% 21.4% 41.5% 51.4% 10.6% 36.9%
Propylene (Propene) 147 0 1 0 0.00% 14.3% 32.0% 58.9% 11.5% 41.5%
n-Butyl alcohol 1,478 0 10 0 0.00% 21.3% 41.5% 52.0% 10.5% 37.7%
Formic acid 92 0 1 0 0.00% 25.2% 46.0% 82.7% 2.3% 78.1%
Titanium tetrachloride 9 71 35,000 0 0.00% 26.3% 48.1% 81.8% 0.0% 81.8%
Butyraldehyde 1,775 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 7,189 22,265 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 56 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 48 360,000 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Diisocyanates 0 15,950 350,000 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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