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Merck KGaA (EMD)

Rank among all TRI companies: 416
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 68,152
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 1,001,993
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 56,412
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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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
Glycol Ethers	283	0	180	50,958	5	0.01%	21.3%	45.9%	73.6%	29.1%	38.4%
Methanol	16,452	89,627	0	2,961	0	0.00%	22.9%	44.3%	51.8%	40.8%	5.7%
Triethylamine	94	0	500	47,000	6	0.01%	22.7%	44.2%	59.1%	49.5%	4.1%
Mercury compounds	0	0	12,000	1,080	0	0.00%	21.2%	42.0%	57.6%	48.3%	3.8%
Ethylene glycol	31	0	9	269	0	0.00%	20.1%	40.9%	44.0%	34.0%	6.4%
Chloroform	1,382	43,339	82,000	113,324,000	31,724	56.24%	20.1%	38.9%	45.3%	35.7%	4.1%
Ammonia	3,406	0	7	23,844	1	0.00%	16.9%	36.0%	33.5%	22.9%	7.7%
Formaldehyde	5	3,012	46,000	138,792,120	248	0.44%	16.9%	36.0%	52.1%	35.1%	10.4%
n-Hexane	2,220	0	5	11,100	4	0.01%	18.3%	34.8%	35.2%	25.5%	4.2%
Formic acid	10	500	1	5	0	0.00%	18.2%	34.6%	35.0%	25.4%	4.4%
Pyridine	10	0	1,000	10,000	5	0.01%	18.2%	34.6%	35.0%	25.4%	4.4%
Acetonitrile	8,494	114,539	58	492,675	186	0.33%	17.7%	34.2%	36.5%	24.3%	6.5%
Dichloromethane	32,249	275,617	36	1,256,886	81	0.14%	16.6%	33.3%	34.3%	22.3%	6.5%
Selenium compounds	11	0	180	2,034	0	0.00%	12.9%	30.7%	17.5%	3.8%	12.6%
Arsenic compounds	76	0	15,000,000	1,143,000,000	24,132	42.78%	12.4%	30.2%	34.5%	5.7%	10.0%
Hydrogen fluoride	473	0	250	118,250	3	0.01%	11.9%	28.7%	16.0%	3.6%	10.9%
Phosphine	1	0	12,000	12,000	0	0.00%	11.4%	27.6%	14.7%	3.5%	9.9%
Fluorine	3	0	17	50	0	0.00%	11.4%	27.6%	14.7%	3.5%	9.9%
Copper	5	0	1,500	7,500	0	0.00%	11.4%	27.6%	14.6%	3.5%	10.0%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	255	4,502	120	30,600	5	0.01%	11.2%	27.3%	50.9%	13.2%	30.5%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	1,503	6,716	93	139,779	3	0.01%	7.4%	24.5%	21.2%	2.6%	8.8%
Toluene	275	462,882	1	193	0	0.00%	7.3%	24.5%	21.2%	2.6%	8.8%
n-Butyl alcohol	7	0	10	74	0	0.00%	6.9%	24.0%	20.5%	2.6%	8.6%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	15	1,259	110	1,628	0	0.00%	8.2%	21.1%	41.5%	2.0%	25.5%
Nitric acid	5	0	270	1,350	0	0.00%	7.7%	20.9%	46.7%	31.3%	9.1%
Naphthalene	4	0	12,000	48,000	8	0.01%	5.9%	14.3%	43.3%	9.1%	14.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	882	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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