PERI: Toxic 100 Index

PQ Group Holdings

Rank among all TRI companies: 490
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 105,911
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 82,589
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 41,840
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 74%

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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
Triethylamine	23	81,898	500	11,500	1	0.00%	26.1%	48.8%	77.1%	62.7%	11.4%
Vinyl acetate	27	69	18	489	0	0.00%	25.3%	47.8%	84.2%	58.3%	23.1%
Toluene	75	63	1	53	0	0.00%	26.0%	46.8%	78.6%	75.0%	2.0%
Acrylic acid	3	54	3,500	10,710	0	0.00%	25.2%	46.2%	77.7%	67.8%	7.7%
Benzene	60	49	28,000	1,693,160	156	0.37%	27.2%	48.7%	84.3%	81.5%	1.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0	46	1	0	0	0.00%	27.8%	49.6%	86.5%	84.1%	1.4%
Methanol	5,122	44	0	922	0	0.00%	20.7%	44.0%	51.9%	15.4%	29.4%
Hydroquinone	2	41	60,000	116,400	2	0.00%	22.3%	42.4%	67.5%	49.3%	14.5%
Cyclohexane	24	27	1	14	0	0.00%	27.6%	49.2%	85.7%	83.1%	1.5%
m-Cresol	1	23	6	5	0	0.00%	22.9%	43.6%	70.3%	47.8%	18.8%
Ethylene glycol	1	23	9	8	0	0.00%	22.1%	42.1%	67.1%	48.1%	15.2%
Benzyl chloride	1	22	180,000	234,000	5	0.01%	24.8%	45.0%	73.6%	69.2%	2.2%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	1	20	50,000	50,000	1	0.00%	22.4%	41.4%	63.1%	57.1%	2.9%
Maleic anhydride	10	19	5,000	50,550	6	0.02%	24.6%	46.4%	73.3%	33.2%	36.8%
Dimethylamine	232	18	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
sec-Butyl alcohol	4	17	0	1	0	0.00%	27.6%	49.2%	85.4%	82.8%	1.5%
Benzal chloride	1	16	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
p-Cresol	1	13	6	4	0	0.00%	22.6%	43.2%	69.8%	47.0%	19.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	16	13	35	560	0	0.00%	25.7%	46.4%	77.4%	73.3%	2.2%
tert-Butyl alcohol	5	10	10	50	0	0.00%	27.0%	48.5%	84.0%	79.1%	3.6%
Catechol	1	10	9,000	4,500	0	0.00%	22.6%	41.7%	63.8%	57.8%	2.8%
Phenol	0	9	18	7	0	0.00%	22.4%	42.6%	68.2%	48.3%	16.1%
Acetaldehyde	17	9	7,900	137,697	16	0.04%	26.8%	48.8%	85.5%	73.6%	10.2%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0	8	120	48	0	0.00%	26.7%	47.9%	81.7%	78.6%	1.7%
Phthalic anhydride	0	8	180	54	0	0.00%	22.3%	41.2%	62.8%	56.8%	2.9%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	0	8	6	2	0	0.00%	22.9%	42.1%	64.6%	58.7%	2.8%
n-Hexane	70	7	5	348	0	0.00%	25.9%	46.7%	78.4%	74.7%	2.0%
Acrylonitrile	2	6	240,000	408,000	39	0.09%	27.4%	48.9%	84.8%	82.2%	1.6%
Styrene	0	5	4	2	0	0.00%	26.2%	48.2%	83.5%	67.5%	13.8%
Allyl alcohol	1	5	12,000	7,320	1	0.00%	23.6%	46.5%	82.4%	41.9%	36.4%
Aniline	0	5	5,700	1,140	0	0.00%	23.8%	43.5%	67.2%	61.6%	2.7%
Carbon disulfide	323	4	5	1,613	0	0.00%	23.1%	43.5%	69.9%	48.7%	17.9%
Ethylbenzene	81	4	890	72,446	2	0.00%	25.9%	46.6%	78.1%	74.4%	2.0%
Naphthalene	0	3	12,000	4,800	0	0.00%	22.6%	41.7%	63.7%	57.8%	2.8%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	0	2	0	0	0	0.00%	22.3%	41.2%	62.8%	56.7%	2.9%
Chloromethane	2	2	640	1,472	0	0.00%	27.4%	48.9%	84.8%	82.2%	1.5%
Methyl methacrylate	0	2	5	1	0	0.00%	27.6%	49.3%	85.6%	83.0%	1.5%
Carbon tetrachloride	0	1	21,000	8,400	1	0.00%	27.2%	48.7%	84.3%	81.6%	1.6%
Trichloroethylene	1	1	15,000	15,000	2	0.00%	27.4%	49.0%	85.0%	82.4%	1.5%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	0	1	930	372	0	0.00%	27.2%	48.7%	84.3%	81.6%	1.6%
Chloroform	1	1	82,000	41,000	4	0.01%	27.3%	48.8%	84.4%	81.8%	1.6%
Ammonia	3,480	1	7	24,358	2	0.01%	12.5%	28.2%	55.2%	11.2%	27.2%
Dibutyl phthalate	0	1	10	1	0	0.00%	18.1%	37.3%	62.7%	32.9%	25.1%
o-Toluidine	0	1	180,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Allyl chloride	0	1	3,500	1,400	0	0.00%	27.9%	49.7%	86.8%	84.4%	1.4%
Hydrogen sulfide	2,548	1	1,800	4,585,500	117	0.28%	23.3%	45.5%	76.9%	34.0%	39.3%
Acrolein	0	0	180,000	50,400	6	0.01%	25.7%	48.1%	84.7%	62.5%	19.6%
1,4-Dioxane	0	0	18,000	1,800	0	0.00%	22.4%	41.5%	63.3%	57.3%	2.9%
Nitric acid	160	0	270	43,111	6	0.02%	24.2%	46.0%	71.6%	32.1%	36.1%
Formaldehyde	0	0	46,000	1,380	0	0.00%	21.1%	44.4%	79.7%	20.1%	53.8%
Propylene (Propene)	0	0	1	0	0	0.00%	21.4%	45.0%	80.4%	20.0%	54.6%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Lead	47	0	23,000	1,072,030	151	0.36%	20.7%	43.7%	78.6%	19.9%	52.6%
Nickel	5	0	930,000	4,650,000	3,771	9.01%	13.0%	27.8%	54.5%	13.3%	28.1%
Silver	4	0	200	730	1	0.00%	13.0%	27.8%	54.5%	13.3%	28.1%
Copper	6	0	1,500	8,565	6	0.02%	12.8%	27.5%	53.8%	12.7%	28.1%
Hydrochloric acid	2,888	0	180	519,912	17	0.04%	17.6%	37.2%	68.1%	26.5%	32.0%
Sulfuric acid	88,137	0	3,500	308,479,255	36,365	86.91%	18.3%	39.4%	76.5%	18.3%	46.3%
Chlorine	273	0	23,000	6,279,000	72	0.17%	22.3%	41.2%	62.7%	56.7%	2.9%
Barium compounds	2,241	0	7,000	15,688,750	37	0.09%	24.3%	51.6%	35.1%	16.5%	12.3%
Chromium compounds	1	0	43,000,000	5,805,000	1,047	2.50%	18.0%	38.8%	45.9%	17.0%	21.8%
Copper compounds	0	0	1,500	495	0	0.00%	18.3%	39.2%	46.4%	17.1%	22.2%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	164,340	4	0.01%	18.4%	37.6%	62.6%	35.1%	22.8%
Lead compounds	2	0	23,000	46,000	1	0.00%	22.3%	41.2%	62.7%	56.7%	2.9%
Mercury compounds	2	0	12,000	18,240	0	0.00%	18.0%	37.2%	62.5%	32.6%	25.1%
Vanadium compounds	6	0	140	901	0	0.00%	15.8%	35.7%	77.1%	14.0%	46.1%

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