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Merck KGaA (EMD)

Rank among all TRI companies: 416
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 68,152
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 1,001,993
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 56,412
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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Chloroform 1,382 43,339 31,724 56.24% 20.1% 45.3%
Arsenic compounds 76 0 24,132 42.78% 12.4% 34.5%
Formaldehyde 5 3,012 248 0.44% 16.9% 52.1%
Acetonitrile 8,494 114,539 186 0.33% 17.7% 36.5%
Dichloromethane 32,249 275,617 81 0.14% 16.6% 34.3%
Naphthalene 4 0 8 0.01% 5.9% 43.3%
Triethylamine 94 0 6 0.01% 22.7% 59.1%
Glycol Ethers 283 0 5 0.01% 21.3% 73.6%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 255 4,502 5 0.01% 11.2% 50.9%
Pyridine 10 0 5 0.01% 18.2% 35.0%
n-Hexane 2,220 0 4 0.01% 18.3% 35.2%
Hydrogen fluoride 473 0 3 0.01% 11.9% 16.0%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 1,503 6,716 3 0.01% 7.4% 21.2%
Ammonia 3,406 0 1 0.00% 16.9% 33.5%
Methanol 16,452 89,627 0 0.00% 22.9% 51.8%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 15 1,259 0 0.00% 8.2% 41.5%
Phosphine 1 0 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.7%
Copper 5 0 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.6%
Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 21.2% 57.6%
Nitric acid 5 0 0 0.00% 7.7% 46.7%
Selenium compounds 11 0 0 0.00% 12.9% 17.5%
Ethylene glycol 31 0 0 0.00% 20.1% 44.0%
Toluene 275 462,882 0 0.00% 7.3% 21.2%
Formic acid 10 500 0 0.00% 18.2% 35.0%
Fluorine 3 0 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.7%
n-Butyl alcohol 7 0 0 0.00% 6.9% 20.5%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 882 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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