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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.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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Trichloroethylene 71,041 40,061 145,136 49.68% 15.7% 20.0%
Diisocyanates 4,325 9,080 109,528 37.49% 11.0% 31.1%
Chromium compounds 145 0 30,196 10.34% 16.5% 27.9%
Allyl alcohol 1,114 195 1,465 0.50% 16.2% 19.6%
Butyl acrylate 4,157 13,702 1,140 0.39% 12.9% 32.0%
Ethylbenzene 8,708 106,106 698 0.24% 18.1% 48.6%
Nickel compounds 24 0 626 0.21% 15.2% 15.8%
Chromium 2 0 584 0.20% 17.6% 29.0%
Formaldehyde 155 16 582 0.20% 20.8% 38.0%
Glycol Ethers 42,678 55,328 459 0.16% 14.1% 29.8%
Naphthalene 656 13,798 406 0.14% 12.1% 14.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 14 0 271 0.09% 20.1% 63.1%
Acrylamide 7 0 237 0.08% 8.1% 15.1%
Acrylic acid 865 0 196 0.07% 10.8% 29.5%
Manganese compounds 214 0 115 0.04% 21.8% 58.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 36,966 343,148 115 0.04% 16.7% 43.9%
Hydrochloric acid 3,905 0 99 0.03% 15.6% 19.9%
Chlorine 28 0 62 0.02% 15.2% 22.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 9,698 3,778 49 0.02% 20.3% 49.2%
Copper compounds 286 0 32 0.01% 19.0% 55.2%
Acrylonitrile 1 20 21 0.01% 8.2% 15.3%
Zinc compounds 1,389 0 14 0.00% 18.9% 53.7%
Barium compounds 9 0 13 0.00% 22.4% 75.1%
Methyl methacrylate 20,989 23,434 12 0.00% 16.5% 38.3%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 40 0 10 0.00% 20.8% 65.2%
n-Butyl alcohol 14,737 149,348 10 0.00% 14.7% 33.6%
Antimony compounds 12 0 8 0.00% 15.4% 8.0%
Ethyl acrylate 2,549 144 8 0.00% 14.4% 24.8%
Maleic anhydride 46 0 7 0.00% 18.0% 26.3%
Triethylamine 413 3,354 4 0.00% 15.4% 7.6%
Phthalic anhydride 292 0 3 0.00% 11.8% 29.4%
Nitric acid 785 0 3 0.00% 16.0% 23.7%
Toluene 42,150 365,203 3 0.00% 15.8% 38.7%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 3,653 0 3 0.00% 9.3% 26.5%
Lead compounds 2 0 2 0.00% 15.2% 31.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 17,945 273,063 1 0.00% 15.0% 32.7%
Ethylene glycol 2,429 1,282 1 0.00% 14.3% 59.8%
Methanol 40,707 22,969 1 0.00% 19.8% 55.9%
Barium 4 0 1 0.00% 17.6% 29.0%
Lead 5 0 1 0.00% 11.3% 39.7%
Phosgene 0 46 1 0.00% 15.2% 22.7%
Styrene 3,118 4,745 0 0.00% 10.6% 24.2%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 16 0 0 0.00% 17.6% 29.0%
Cyclohexane 2,500 0 0 0.00% 13.3% 59.8%
Cumene 160 0 0 0.00% 20.4% 37.2%
n-Hexane 1,500 0 0 0.00% 18.0% 52.2%
Diethanolamine 1 0 0 0.00% 7.8% 13.8%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 17.6% 28.9%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 199 1 0 0.00% 11.0% 37.9%
Ammonia 24 19 0 0.00% 22.1% 53.8%
Sodium nitrite 5 0 0 0.00% 21.9% 57.7%
Mercury 0 0 0 0.00% 8.8% 20.3%
Phenol 65 4 0 0.00% 20.8% 64.5%
sec-Butyl alcohol 1,235 3,354 0 0.00% 15.7% 8.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 22 0 0 0.00% 17.9% 63.7%
Dimethyl phthalate 4,130 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 12,180 4 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 216 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol ethoxylates 1,493 414 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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