PPG Industries
Rank in Toxic 100: 79
Rank among all TRI companies: 174
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 360,012
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 1,432,617
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 292,124
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 25%
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This company is rank 74 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
9,698
3,778
58
574,741
49
0.02%
20.3%
41.1%
49.2%
28.4%
13.5%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
199
1
14
2,787
0
0.00%
11.0%
29.0%
37.9%
2.1%
25.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
3,653
0
20
73,064
3
0.00%
9.3%
22.2%
26.5%
7.2%
11.9%
Acrylamide
7
0
360,000
2,563,200
237
0.08%
8.1%
18.1%
15.1%
6.8%
2.7%
Acrylic acid
865
0
3,500
3,026,660
196
0.07%
10.8%
24.9%
29.5%
9.4%
12.9%
Acrylonitrile
1
20
240,000
217,200
21
0.01%
8.2%
18.3%
15.3%
6.9%
2.7%
Allyl alcohol
1,114
195
12,000
13,368,000
1,465
0.50%
16.2%
38.7%
19.6%
12.7%
2.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
16
0
700
11,200
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.8%
29.0%
19.0%
4.7%
Ammonia
24
19
7
168
0
0.00%
22.1%
46.9%
53.8%
33.3%
12.6%
Antimony compounds
12
0
12,000
144,000
8
0.00%
15.4%
35.9%
8.0%
2.3%
1.6%
Barium
4
0
7,000
28,000
1
0.00%
17.6%
36.8%
29.0%
19.0%
4.7%
Barium compounds
9
0
7,000
63,490
13
0.00%
22.4%
43.0%
75.1%
59.7%
9.2%
Butyl acrylate
4,157
13,702
3,500
14,550,095
1,140
0.39%
12.9%
29.9%
32.0%
7.0%
17.3%
Chlorine
28
0
23,000
632,500
62
0.02%
15.2%
34.6%
22.7%
14.6%
2.4%
Chromium
2
0
43,000,000
21,930,000
584
0.20%
17.6%
36.8%
29.0%
19.0%
4.7%
Chromium compounds
145
0
43,000,000
2,116,976,000
30,196
10.34%
16.5%
36.5%
27.9%
8.2%
14.6%
Copper compounds
286
0
1,500
429,634
32
0.01%
19.0%
41.7%
55.2%
39.5%
11.9%
Cumene
160
0
9
1,407
0
0.00%
20.4%
40.7%
37.2%
14.1%
14.1%
Cyclohexane
2,500
0
1
1,450
0
0.00%
13.3%
32.4%
59.8%
37.8%
16.9%
Diethanolamine
1
0
1,200
1,709
0
0.00%
7.8%
17.4%
13.8%
6.4%
2.4%
Diisocyanates
4,325
9,080
350,000
1,513,799,000
109,528
37.49%
11.0%
25.4%
31.1%
9.6%
14.3%
Dimethyl phthalate
4,130
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
4,416
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.8%
28.9%
19.0%
4.7%
Ethyl acrylate
2,549
144
73
186,046
8
0.00%
14.4%
30.5%
24.8%
10.7%
8.0%
Ethylbenzene
8,708
106,106
890
8,299,345
698
0.24%
18.1%
38.4%
48.6%
26.5%
15.4%
Ethylene glycol
2,429
1,282
9
21,627
1
0.00%
14.3%
38.0%
59.8%
10.7%
42.2%
Formaldehyde
155
16
46,000
7,120,340
582
0.20%
20.8%
41.5%
38.0%
14.2%
14.7%
Glycol Ethers
42,678
55,328
180
8,374,582
459
0.16%
14.1%
30.9%
29.8%
12.8%
10.7%
Hydrochloric acid
3,905
0
180
702,900
99
0.03%
15.6%
37.3%
19.9%
12.8%
2.1%
Lead
5
0
23,000
118,680
1
0.00%
11.3%
37.8%
39.7%
19.4%
17.0%
Lead compounds
2
0
23,000
56,170
2
0.00%
15.2%
33.1%
31.7%
17.1%
8.7%
Maleic anhydride
46
0
5,000
230,000
7
0.00%
18.0%
37.0%
26.3%
17.0%
4.2%
Manganese compounds
214
0
12,000
2,571,121
115
0.04%
21.8%
43.3%
58.1%
47.1%
5.7%
Mercury
0
0
12,000
120
0
0.00%
8.8%
22.5%
20.3%
10.2%
1.7%
Methanol
40,707
22,969
0
7,327
1
0.00%
19.8%
41.0%
55.9%
22.8%
26.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
17,945
273,063
1
22,306
1
0.00%
15.0%
32.3%
32.7%
17.8%
8.8%
Methyl methacrylate
20,989
23,434
5
104,945
12
0.00%
16.5%
38.7%
38.3%
3.4%
26.3%
n-Butyl alcohol
14,737
149,348
10
147,374
10
0.00%
14.7%
32.4%
33.6%
14.4%
12.5%
n-Hexane
1,500
0
5
7,500
0
0.00%
18.0%
40.0%
52.2%
16.4%
30.9%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
12,180
4
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Naphthalene
656
13,798
12,000
7,876,443
406
0.14%
12.1%
27.0%
14.9%
6.9%
3.7%
Nickel compounds
24
0
930,000
22,431,600
626
0.21%
15.2%
34.5%
15.8%
5.4%
6.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
22
0
1
14
0
0.00%
17.9%
40.7%
63.7%
33.0%
24.4%
Nitric acid
785
0
270
211,877
3
0.00%
16.0%
35.1%
23.7%
14.2%
4.3%
Nonylphenol
216
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol ethoxylates
1,493
414
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Phenol
65
4
18
1,170
0
0.00%
20.8%
43.0%
64.5%
17.2%
40.4%
Phosgene
0
46
12,000
5,460
1
0.00%
15.2%
34.7%
22.7%
14.6%
2.4%
Phthalic anhydride
292
0
180
52,513
3
0.00%
11.8%
26.5%
29.4%
10.3%
12.2%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
14
0
390,000
5,440,500
271
0.09%
20.1%
43.9%
63.1%
45.0%
15.1%
sec-Butyl alcohol
1,235
3,354
0
148
0
0.00%
15.7%
35.4%
8.5%
2.8%
1.7%
Sodium nitrite
5
0
10
50
0
0.00%
21.9%
43.4%
57.7%
49.4%
3.2%
Styrene
3,118
4,745
4
10,914
0
0.00%
10.6%
24.3%
24.2%
7.5%
10.0%
Toluene
42,150
365,203
1
29,634
3
0.00%
15.8%
35.1%
38.7%
24.4%
8.1%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
40
0
50,000
2,000,000
10
0.00%
20.8%
43.0%
65.2%
17.2%
41.1%
Trichloroethylene
71,041
40,061
15,000
1,065,615,000
145,136
49.68%
15.7%
37.4%
20.0%
12.8%
2.1%
Triethylamine
413
3,354
500
206,500
4
0.00%
15.4%
35.2%
7.6%
2.1%
1.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
36,966
343,148
35
1,398,889
115
0.04%
16.7%
36.2%
43.9%
24.5%
13.1%
Zinc compounds
1,389
0
100
138,917
14
0.00%
18.9%
40.2%
53.7%
35.0%
12.7%
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