PERI: Toxic 100 Index

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)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Methanol	16,452	89,627	0	0.00%	22.9%	51.8%
Triethylamine	94	0	6	0.01%	22.7%	59.1%
Glycol Ethers	283	0	5	0.01%	21.3%	73.6%
Mercury compounds	0	0	0	0.00%	21.2%	57.6%
Chloroform	1,382	43,339	31,724	56.24%	20.1%	45.3%
Ethylene glycol	31	0	0	0.00%	20.1%	44.0%
n-Hexane	2,220	0	4	0.01%	18.3%	35.2%
Formic acid	10	500	0	0.00%	18.2%	35.0%
Pyridine	10	0	5	0.01%	18.2%	35.0%
Acetonitrile	8,494	114,539	186	0.33%	17.7%	36.5%
Formaldehyde	5	3,012	248	0.44%	16.9%	52.1%
Ammonia	3,406	0	1	0.00%	16.9%	33.5%
Dichloromethane	32,249	275,617	81	0.14%	16.6%	34.3%
Selenium compounds	11	0	0	0.00%	12.9%	17.5%
Arsenic compounds	76	0	24,132	42.78%	12.4%	34.5%
Hydrogen fluoride	473	0	3	0.01%	11.9%	16.0%
Copper	5	0	0	0.00%	11.4%	14.6%
Phosphine	1	0	0	0.00%	11.4%	14.7%
Fluorine	3	0	0	0.00%	11.4%	14.7%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	255	4,502	5	0.01%	11.2%	50.9%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	15	1,259	0	0.00%	8.2%	41.5%
Nitric acid	5	0	0	0.00%	7.7%	46.7%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	1,503	6,716	3	0.01%	7.4%	21.2%
Toluene	275	462,882	0	0.00%	7.3%	21.2%
n-Butyl alcohol	7	0	0	0.00%	6.9%	20.5%
Naphthalene	4	0	8	0.01%	5.9%	43.3%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	882	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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