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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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Allyl chloride 0 1 0 0.00% 27.9% 86.8%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0 46 0 0.00% 27.8% 86.5%
Methyl methacrylate 0 2 0 0.00% 27.6% 85.6%
Cyclohexane 24 27 0 0.00% 27.6% 85.7%
sec-Butyl alcohol 4 17 0 0.00% 27.6% 85.4%
Trichloroethylene 1 1 2 0.00% 27.4% 85.0%
Acrylonitrile 2 6 39 0.09% 27.4% 84.8%
Chloromethane 2 2 0 0.00% 27.4% 84.8%
Chloroform 1 1 4 0.01% 27.3% 84.4%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 0 1 0 0.00% 27.2% 84.3%
Benzene 60 49 156 0.37% 27.2% 84.3%
Carbon tetrachloride 0 1 1 0.00% 27.2% 84.3%
tert-Butyl alcohol 5 10 0 0.00% 27.0% 84.0%
Acetaldehyde 17 9 16 0.04% 26.8% 85.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0 8 0 0.00% 26.7% 81.7%
Styrene 0 5 0 0.00% 26.2% 83.5%
Triethylamine 23 81,898 1 0.00% 26.1% 77.1%
Toluene 75 63 0 0.00% 26.0% 78.6%
n-Hexane 70 7 0 0.00% 25.9% 78.4%
Ethylbenzene 81 4 2 0.00% 25.9% 78.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 16 13 0 0.00% 25.7% 77.4%
Acrolein 0 0 6 0.01% 25.7% 84.7%
Vinyl acetate 27 69 0 0.00% 25.3% 84.2%
Acrylic acid 3 54 0 0.00% 25.2% 77.7%
Benzyl chloride 1 22 5 0.01% 24.8% 73.6%
Maleic anhydride 10 19 6 0.02% 24.6% 73.3%
Barium compounds 2,241 0 37 0.09% 24.3% 35.1%
Nitric acid 160 0 6 0.02% 24.2% 71.6%
Aniline 0 5 0 0.00% 23.8% 67.2%
Allyl alcohol 1 5 1 0.00% 23.6% 82.4%
Hydrogen sulfide 2,548 1 117 0.28% 23.3% 76.9%
Carbon disulfide 323 4 0 0.00% 23.1% 69.9%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 0 8 0 0.00% 22.9% 64.6%
m-Cresol 1 23 0 0.00% 22.9% 70.3%
Catechol 1 10 0 0.00% 22.6% 63.8%
p-Cresol 1 13 0 0.00% 22.6% 69.8%
Naphthalene 0 3 0 0.00% 22.6% 63.7%
1,4-Dioxane 0 0 0 0.00% 22.4% 63.3%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 1 20 1 0.00% 22.4% 63.1%
Phenol 0 9 0 0.00% 22.4% 68.2%
Hydroquinone 2 41 2 0.00% 22.3% 67.5%
Phthalic anhydride 0 8 0 0.00% 22.3% 62.8%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 0 2 0 0.00% 22.3% 62.8%
Lead compounds 2 0 1 0.00% 22.3% 62.7%
Chlorine 273 0 72 0.17% 22.3% 62.7%
Ethylene glycol 1 23 0 0.00% 22.1% 67.1%
Propylene (Propene) 0 0 0 0.00% 21.4% 80.4%
Formaldehyde 0 0 0 0.00% 21.1% 79.7%
Lead 47 0 151 0.36% 20.7% 78.6%
Methanol 5,122 44 0 0.00% 20.7% 51.9%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 4 0.01% 18.4% 62.6%
Sulfuric acid 88,137 0 36,365 86.91% 18.3% 76.5%
Copper compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 18.3% 46.4%
Dibutyl phthalate 0 1 0 0.00% 18.1% 62.7%
Chromium compounds 1 0 1,047 2.50% 18.0% 45.9%
Mercury compounds 2 0 0 0.00% 18.0% 62.5%
Hydrochloric acid 2,888 0 17 0.04% 17.6% 68.1%
Vanadium compounds 6 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 77.1%
Nickel 5 0 3,771 9.01% 13.0% 54.5%
Silver 4 0 1 0.00% 13.0% 54.5%
Copper 6 0 6 0.02% 12.8% 53.8%
Ammonia 3,480 1 2 0.01% 12.5% 55.2%
o-Toluidine 0 1 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Benzal chloride 1 16 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 232 18 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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