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