PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Steel Dynamics

Rank among all TRI companies: 608
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 208,515
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 26,968
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 32%

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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
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	9,437	0	20	0.07%	11.5%	25.1%
Cadmium compounds	13	0	754	2.79%	13.7%	18.9%
Chlorine	141	0	29	0.11%	15.1%	25.8%
Chromium	0	0	48	0.18%	9.3%	34.0%
Chromium compounds	2,915	0	15,652	58.04%	16.5%	35.7%
Copper compounds	1,478	0	52	0.19%	13.9%	24.8%
Cumene	466	0	0	0.00%	11.6%	25.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	48	0.18%	14.1%	24.0%
Ethylbenzene	910	0	30	0.11%	11.6%	25.1%
Glycol Ethers	65,232	0	587	2.18%	10.8%	20.7%
Hydrochloric acid	16,097	0	33	0.12%	14.6%	24.3%
Lead	0	0	0	0.00%	14.7%	15.4%
Lead compounds	1,934	0	1,103	4.09%	24.6%	22.8%
Manganese	891	0	411	1.52%	12.0%	23.5%
Manganese compounds	25,862	0	3,194	11.84%	25.5%	25.4%
Mercury compounds	286	0	34	0.13%	13.2%	33.3%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	114	0	0	0.00%	12.6%	18.2%
n-Butyl alcohol	5,839	0	3	0.01%	11.6%	25.1%
Naphthalene	2,201	0	815	3.02%	11.6%	25.1%
Nickel	3	0	102	0.38%	11.9%	22.9%
Nickel compounds	2,341	0	3,937	14.60%	20.9%	36.2%
Toluene	398	0	0	0.00%	11.5%	24.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	4,518	0	5	0.02%	11.6%	25.2%
Zinc compounds	67,438	0	110	0.41%	23.3%	23.3%

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