General Motors
Rank in Toxic 100: 93
Rank among all TRI companies: 201
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 3,044,386
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 8,275
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 232,498
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 46%
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Formaldehyde
114,294
0
46,000
5,257,524,000
106,101
45.64%
13.1%
29.5%
28.8%
14.5%
6.4%
Nickel compounds
253
0
930,000
235,290,000
80,708
34.71%
21.7%
53.2%
78.4%
18.5%
55.1%
Benzene
12,159
100
28,000
340,452,000
20,883
8.98%
21.6%
43.3%
36.4%
21.0%
8.9%
Glycol Ethers
673,660
3
180
121,258,800
6,782
2.92%
23.2%
46.2%
35.7%
20.8%
8.7%
Naphthalene
29,304
92
12,000
351,648,000
6,227
2.68%
14.5%
34.8%
41.5%
13.2%
22.8%
Chromium
10
0
43,000,000
146,200,000
4,267
1.84%
15.5%
30.2%
18.9%
9.0%
4.2%
Diisocyanates
181
90
350,000
63,350,000
2,447
1.05%
23.9%
47.8%
37.7%
22.8%
8.5%
Ethylbenzene
86,344
1,200
890
76,846,160
1,496
0.64%
18.7%
38.9%
36.3%
18.8%
10.6%
Manganese compounds
520
0
12,000
6,240,000
1,206
0.52%
19.5%
47.5%
67.9%
16.6%
46.5%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
807,400
1,711
58
46,829,200
675
0.29%
19.6%
39.0%
37.4%
21.3%
7.9%
Nickel
16
0
930,000
14,601,000
591
0.25%
19.0%
37.6%
31.2%
19.6%
5.0%
Manganese
405
0
12,000
4,860,000
506
0.22%
19.8%
40.9%
36.2%
16.8%
11.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
237,838
3,409
35
8,324,330
149
0.06%
20.3%
39.7%
35.8%
21.4%
6.5%
Copper
1,604
0
1,500
2,406,000
143
0.06%
7.4%
20.7%
20.4%
9.0%
6.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
3
0
390,000
1,341,600
111
0.05%
22.7%
55.6%
77.7%
17.9%
55.9%
n-Butyl alcohol
688,195
476
10
6,881,950
107
0.05%
17.8%
37.5%
34.0%
17.9%
8.6%
Dichloromethane
15,000
0
36
540,000
29
0.01%
7.8%
18.0%
14.2%
6.6%
3.1%
Lead
18
0
23,000
409,920
15
0.01%
19.8%
38.2%
27.9%
16.4%
5.5%
Zinc compounds
1,171
0
100
117,100
14
0.01%
23.0%
49.0%
59.1%
17.7%
33.3%
Cumene
74,983
110
9
659,850
10
0.00%
14.3%
31.5%
26.1%
13.8%
6.2%
Sulfuric acid
320
0
3,500
1,120,000
8
0.00%
15.9%
35.4%
21.8%
9.1%
10.2%
Lead compounds
24
0
23,000
553,909
6
0.00%
16.5%
36.5%
9.7%
1.5%
2.7%
n-Hexane
25,951
78
5
129,755
6
0.00%
30.9%
52.4%
55.4%
39.1%
6.1%
Ammonia
2,715
0
7
19,005
3
0.00%
18.2%
47.1%
52.3%
10.5%
36.7%
Toluene
65,556
668
1
45,889
3
0.00%
24.2%
45.6%
42.8%
26.4%
8.7%
Phenol
23,000
0
18
414,000
2
0.00%
12.3%
30.7%
14.6%
1.9%
11.1%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
76,363
230
1
91,636
2
0.00%
16.9%
35.5%
28.4%
15.8%
6.4%
Ethylene glycol
203
39
9
1,786
0
0.00%
21.6%
48.6%
58.1%
19.7%
33.0%
Methanol
30,990
43
0
5,578
0
0.00%
19.0%
41.6%
44.1%
17.3%
20.6%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
0
0
20,000
4,320
0
0.00%
16.6%
40.2%
53.1%
15.3%
32.1%
Cyclohexane
2
26
1
1
0
0.00%
14.3%
31.0%
27.7%
11.6%
7.4%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
75,904
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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