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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Glycol Ethers
283
0
180
50,958
5
0.01%
21.3%
45.9%
73.6%
29.1%
38.4%
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%
Formaldehyde
5
3,012
46,000
138,792,120
248
0.44%
16.9%
36.0%
52.1%
35.1%
10.4%
Methanol
16,452
89,627
0
2,961
0
0.00%
22.9%
44.3%
51.8%
40.8%
5.7%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
255
4,502
120
30,600
5
0.01%
11.2%
27.3%
50.9%
13.2%
30.5%
Nitric acid
5
0
270
1,350
0
0.00%
7.7%
20.9%
46.7%
31.3%
9.1%
Chloroform
1,382
43,339
82,000
113,324,000
31,724
56.24%
20.1%
38.9%
45.3%
35.7%
4.1%
Ethylene glycol
31
0
9
269
0
0.00%
20.1%
40.9%
44.0%
34.0%
6.4%
Naphthalene
4
0
12,000
48,000
8
0.01%
5.9%
14.3%
43.3%
9.1%
14.0%
1,2-Dichloroethylene
15
1,259
110
1,628
0
0.00%
8.2%
21.1%
41.5%
2.0%
25.5%
Acetonitrile
8,494
114,539
58
492,675
186
0.33%
17.7%
34.2%
36.5%
24.3%
6.5%
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%
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%
Dichloromethane
32,249
275,617
36
1,256,886
81
0.14%
16.6%
33.3%
34.3%
22.3%
6.5%
Ammonia
3,406
0
7
23,844
1
0.00%
16.9%
36.0%
33.5%
22.9%
7.7%
Toluene
275
462,882
1
193
0
0.00%
7.3%
24.5%
21.2%
2.6%
8.8%
Methyl tert-butyl ether
1,503
6,716
93
139,779
3
0.01%
7.4%
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%
Selenium compounds
11
0
180
2,034
0
0.00%
12.9%
30.7%
17.5%
3.8%
12.6%
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-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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