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Westlake Chemical

Rank in Toxic 100: 61
Rank among all TRI companies: 128
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 3,120,644
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 1,162,383
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 487,073
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 31%

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This company is rank 66 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 95 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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1,2-Dichloroethane 126,505 205,893 210,203 43.16% 15.6% 31.7%
Vinyl chloride 145,558 37,402 51,338 10.54% 16.0% 27.8%
Ethylene oxide 83 0 41,357 8.49% 13.3% 21.1%
Chloroform 61,394 9,269 39,722 8.16% 15.4% 39.5%
Formaldehyde 30,401 0 38,386 7.88% 19.9% 51.6%
1,3-Butadiene 23,172 0 25,689 5.27% 14.6% 18.3%
Chromium 123 0 15,115 3.10% 15.7% 26.7%
Benzene 34,019 276,884 12,425 2.55% 15.2% 15.7%
Trichloroethylene 21,324 5,280 10,177 2.09% 15.6% 26.9%
Chlorine 56,707 0 7,371 1.51% 16.2% 28.8%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,292 3,648 6,115 1.26% 15.6% 28.7%
Chromium compounds 16 0 5,096 1.05% 19.4% 53.1%
Nickel 402 0 4,525 0.93% 15.7% 26.6%
Carbon tetrachloride 13,683 890 4,312 0.89% 15.7% 19.3%
Asbestos (friable) 4 0 3,733 0.77% 19.6% 51.8%
Hexachlorobenzene 459 1,941 2,420 0.50% 15.6% 11.5%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 12,287 122,528 2,191 0.45% 15.7% 27.6%
Acetaldehyde 6,424 0 1,386 0.28% 20.0% 51.9%
Nickel compounds 139 0 1,005 0.21% 18.6% 52.9%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 42,463 14,677 999 0.21% 15.7% 26.7%
Maleic anhydride 4,122 0 610 0.13% 20.1% 51.7%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 5,290 1,278 499 0.10% 15.7% 26.6%
Naphthalene 9,122 44 388 0.08% 15.3% 10.8%
Chloroprene 30 0 329 0.07% 13.9% 32.8%
1,4-Dichloro-2-butene 1 88 301 0.06% 16.7% 23.3%
Dicyclopentadiene 8,441 0 258 0.05% 14.8% 8.3%
Ethylbenzene 8,758 93,219 193 0.04% 14.9% 21.4%
Hydrochloric acid 145,346 0 191 0.04% 16.5% 20.5%
Butyl acrylate 1,350 0 141 0.03% 21.0% 55.9%
Hexachloroethane 264 1,193 131 0.03% 15.8% 29.2%
Ethylidene dichloride 5,214 210 81 0.02% 15.7% 26.8%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether 10 209 80 0.02% 16.3% 18.7%
Vinyl acetate 78,526 0 78 0.02% 11.1% 20.2%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 40 5 59 0.01% 18.0% 41.3%
Ethylene 1,618,938 0 31 0.01% 16.0% 36.2%
Phthalic anhydride 3,352 3,218 27 0.01% 20.6% 69.9%
Methyl acrylate 3,803 0 21 0.00% 20.9% 55.3%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene 163 17,920 16 0.00% 15.7% 26.7%
Mercury compounds 126 0 10 0.00% 15.4% 5.8%
n-Hexane 56,127 1 8 0.00% 19.5% 48.6%
Copper compounds 460 0 8 0.00% 15.5% 27.3%
Ammonia 76,113 1,339 7 0.00% 17.0% 34.8%
Ethylene glycol 10,993 0 4 0.00% 15.4% 30.8%
Acetophenone 108,880 0 4 0.00% 15.7% 10.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 9,718 103,990 4 0.00% 16.3% 25.2%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 1,301 2,605 4 0.00% 15.9% 28.9%
1,2-Butylene oxide 537 490 3 0.00% 15.6% 26.6%
Propylene (Propene) 162,498 144,982 3 0.00% 14.5% 17.6%
Antimony compounds 5 0 3 0.00% 10.0% 41.1%
Lead 16 0 3 0.00% 15.3% 25.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 1 2 0.00% 17.0% 35.8%
Bromine 23 0 2 0.00% 15.7% 26.7%
Vinylidene chloride 3,179 170 2 0.00% 15.5% 27.7%
Styrene 29,202 618 2 0.00% 14.6% 22.8%
CFC-12 8,856 0 1 0.00% 17.2% 54.6%
Biphenyl 202 0 1 0.00% 15.4% 10.2%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 31,300 7,393 1 0.00% 15.7% 26.7%
Cumene 4,004 0 1 0.00% 16.7% 38.5%
Mercury 2 0 0 0.00% 15.0% 24.2%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 40 0 0 0.00% 15.6% 10.1%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb) 26 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 24.4%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 234 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 24.4%
Copper 44 0 0 0.00% 15.2% 17.4%
Lead compounds 2 0 0 0.00% 19.6% 51.8%
Toluene 17,047 96,984 0 0.00% 15.6% 22.6%
tert-Butyl alcohol 562 0 0 0.00% 19.3% 49.2%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 82,610 0 0 0.00% 17.2% 54.5%
Chlorobenzene 3,141 2,182 0 0.00% 15.1% 43.8%
Methanol 30,808 13 0 0.00% 17.2% 53.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 12,074 150 0 0.00% 15.5% 28.4%
Zinc compounds 75 0 0 0.00% 19.7% 52.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 47 0 0 0.00% 15.5% 23.8%
Phenol 292 0 0 0.00% 18.7% 53.8%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 12 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 0 0 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
Dichloromethane 49 9 0 0.00% 16.9% 24.6%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers) 77 717 0 0.00% 16.0% 27.2%
Anthracene 259 0 0 0.00% 15.5% 7.0%
Pentachlorobenzene 0 160 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 22 1,992 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
Pentachloroethane 451 2,762 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 16 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenanthrene 2 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene 3 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,3-Dichloropropylene 0 2 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 0 15 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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