PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Rio Tinto

Rank in Toxic 100: 20
Rank among all TRI companies: 35
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 121,366
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 2
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 1,968,937
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.6%
EJ: Poor Share: 8%
EJ: Minority Share: 30%

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This company is rank 22 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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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
Copper compounds	56,208	0	1,902	0.10%	8.6%	30.9%
Sulfuric acid	28,983	0	1,865	0.09%	8.1%	28.9%
Ammonia	13,760	0	2	0.00%	7.4%	26.5%
Lead compounds	11,665	0	8,369	0.43%	8.8%	31.5%
Arsenic compounds	4,482	0	1,671,599	84.90%	8.6%	30.9%
Zinc compounds	2,358	0	55	0.00%	15.4%	72.0%
Cyanide compounds	603	0	110	0.01%	6.5%	23.1%
Selenium compounds	573	0	2	0.00%	9.4%	35.1%
Hydrochloric acid	504	0	5	0.00%	9.4%	33.8%
Chromium compounds	498	0	260,434	13.23%	6.8%	24.4%
Manganese compounds	388	0	159	0.01%	6.9%	24.5%
Nickel compounds	294	0	9,125	0.46%	8.2%	29.4%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	250	0	0	0.00%	5.6%	21.3%
Silver compounds	218	0	1	0.00%	8.9%	31.7%
Cadmium compounds	127	0	15,176	0.77%	8.0%	28.7%
Naphthalene	123	0	43	0.00%	6.0%	22.2%
Thallium compounds	118	0	30	0.00%	8.0%	28.8%
Vanadium compounds	114	0	0	0.00%	8.0%	28.7%
Antimony compounds	94	0	56	0.00%	9.4%	33.6%
Mercury compounds	6	0	1	0.00%	8.0%	28.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	2	0.00%	6.5%	23.0%
Ethylene glycol	0	2	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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