PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Lanxess

Rank among all TRI companies: 66
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 483,679
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 583,205
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 1,160,196
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 43%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
Chlorobenzene	82,500	110,500	4	288,750	8	0.00%	14.2%	28.3%	43.7%	34.1%	4.7%
Methanol	64,660	77,806	0	11,639	0	0.00%	23.4%	45.1%	52.9%	42.2%	6.5%
Hydrogen sulfide	46,300	0	1,800	83,340,000	338	0.03%	20.4%	45.0%	40.1%	32.8%	4.8%
n-Butyl alcohol	23,361	81,533	10	233,610	10	0.00%	17.0%	32.9%	44.7%	35.0%	5.4%
Styrene	23,170	91	4	81,095	0	0.00%	22.8%	40.6%	37.8%	30.3%	4.7%
Dichloromethane	23,168	110,400	36	963,648	14	0.00%	24.3%	46.7%	48.4%	40.3%	5.0%
Hydrochloric acid	21,336	0	180	3,840,390	96	0.01%	19.8%	37.7%	46.1%	37.3%	5.0%
Ethylene	20,100	0	1	11,256	0	0.00%	14.7%	32.4%	17.2%	9.9%	3.3%
Bromine	19,876	11,475	2,100	41,739,600	505	0.04%	23.2%	44.8%	44.8%	37.0%	4.9%
Chlorine	16,594	27,500	23,000	439,162,000	7,054	0.61%	23.7%	43.8%	48.0%	39.9%	5.0%
1,2-Dichloroethane	15,184	23,574	93,000	1,412,112,000	65,378	5.64%	16.9%	32.2%	41.4%	32.4%	5.2%
Toluene	14,315	10,900	1	10,021	0	0.00%	17.6%	35.8%	39.8%	29.4%	6.5%
Carbon tetrachloride	13,475	2,600	21,000	282,975,000	7,835	0.68%	14.4%	28.6%	43.9%	34.3%	4.8%
Aniline	11,700	15,350	5,700	66,690,000	817	0.07%	12.1%	23.5%	40.4%	31.3%	4.4%
Diphenylamine	11,065	2,895	33	365,145	3	0.00%	12.1%	23.5%	40.7%	31.3%	4.6%
Ammonia	9,204	120	7	64,428	2	0.00%	14.3%	28.4%	43.2%	33.8%	4.7%
Hydrogen fluoride	8,000	0	250	2,000,000	56	0.00%	14.5%	28.8%	44.1%	34.4%	4.8%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide)	7,500	69	700	5,250,000	98	0.01%	25.4%	47.3%	49.5%	41.3%	5.2%
Benzene	5,750	145	28,000	161,000,000	4,367	0.38%	14.1%	28.1%	43.5%	34.0%	4.7%
Maleic anhydride	5,377	2,408	5,000	26,885,000	1,488	0.13%	14.8%	31.7%	57.5%	16.8%	36.8%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	4,300	0	0	1,505	0	0.00%	14.6%	32.4%	17.2%	9.9%	3.3%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	3,924	0	1	4,709	0	0.00%	13.4%	30.3%	39.1%	25.9%	8.0%
n-Hexane	3,550	250	5	17,750	0	0.00%	14.7%	32.4%	17.2%	9.9%	3.3%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	3,405	2,200	700	2,383,500	63	0.01%	14.7%	32.8%	19.7%	11.3%	3.7%
Nitrobenzene	3,000	6,350	140,000	420,000,000	11,039	0.95%	13.3%	26.1%	42.2%	33.1%	4.4%
Triethylamine	2,870	610	500	1,435,000	17	0.00%	26.2%	47.4%	50.1%	41.9%	5.3%
Sulfuric acid	2,617	0	3,500	9,157,750	392	0.03%	24.7%	45.1%	63.4%	53.0%	6.7%
Benzoyl chloride	2,292	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Ethylene glycol	1,826	0	9	16,064	4	0.00%	14.1%	30.5%	61.4%	17.8%	30.8%
Ethylene oxide	1,715	0	11,000,000	18,859,500,000	848,372	73.12%	16.5%	31.7%	41.0%	31.9%	5.2%
Propylene oxide	1,611	2,200	13,000	20,936,500	221	0.02%	20.2%	37.9%	41.1%	33.1%	4.7%
Nickel compounds	1,600	0	930,000	1,488,000,000	41,338	3.56%	14.5%	28.8%	44.1%	34.4%	4.8%
2-Methylpyridine	1,353	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
o-Xylene	1,350	0	35	47,250	5	0.00%	23.2%	49.0%	72.9%	56.8%	8.8%
Acrylic acid	1,255	0	3,500	4,392,500	108	0.01%	13.6%	26.9%	42.7%	33.3%	4.6%
Phenol	939	922	18	16,893	0	0.00%	19.8%	36.3%	41.6%	33.5%	4.6%
Dibutyl phthalate	576	8,505	10	5,760	0	0.00%	14.2%	29.7%	52.7%	21.0%	27.6%
Propylene (Propene)	501	0	1	601	0	0.00%	14.0%	27.8%	43.4%	33.6%	4.8%
Formaldehyde	480	27	46,000	22,080,000	553	0.05%	13.9%	27.5%	43.1%	33.6%	4.7%
Hydrazine	480	21	18,000,000	8,640,000,000	114,017	9.83%	26.3%	47.5%	50.3%	42.0%	5.4%
Diisocyanates	470	13,000	350,000	164,423,000	48,008	4.14%	13.1%	30.2%	63.3%	16.8%	34.5%
Phosgene	380	0	12,000	4,554,000	99	0.01%	14.7%	28.7%	42.2%	33.7%	4.3%
Phthalic anhydride	340	1,530	180	102,600	1	0.00%	21.1%	39.9%	40.2%	31.0%	5.5%
Quinoline	100	175	3,000,000	300,000,000	7,585	0.65%	14.2%	28.4%	43.8%	34.0%	4.8%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	48	8,000	3,900	187,200	5	0.00%	14.5%	28.8%	44.1%	34.3%	4.8%
o-Toluidine	28	2	180,000	4,950,000	60	0.01%	12.7%	24.9%	41.6%	31.9%	4.7%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline	18	50,845	1,600,000	28,000,000	233	0.02%	11.5%	22.2%	39.6%	30.7%	4.3%
p-Cresol	10	460	6	57	0	0.00%	26.5%	44.5%	57.9%	50.5%	4.3%
m-Cresol	10	460	6	57	0	0.00%	27.0%	45.2%	58.9%	51.6%	4.2%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	1	0	50,000	40,160	5	0.00%	16.3%	39.2%	43.2%	26.8%	10.4%
Phosphorus (yellow or white)	0	120	50,000	11,500	1	0.00%	16.4%	31.6%	40.6%	31.5%	5.2%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate	0	7,906	50,000	7,700	1	0.00%	16.2%	39.1%	43.2%	26.7%	10.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0	0	390,000	1,560	0	0.00%	17.8%	33.1%	43.0%	34.4%	5.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	35,737	1	0.00%	14.5%	28.8%	44.0%	34.3%	4.8%
2,4-Dinitrophenol	0	1	500	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Ethylene thiourea	0	1,000	46,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Thiram	0	500	67	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT)	0	750	11,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Sodium nitrite	0	3	10	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)	0	3	1	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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