PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Shin-Etsu Chemical

Rank among all TRI companies: 276
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 416,055
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 133,043
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 53%

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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
Ammonia	115,561	0	11	0.01%	18.0%	47.8%
Vinyl chloride	80,396	0	49,540	37.24%	17.2%	52.3%
Chlorine	55,562	0	17,672	13.28%	18.7%	51.6%
Methanol	47,656	0	0	0.00%	17.8%	53.0%
Hydrochloric acid	40,781	0	117	0.09%	17.9%	49.7%
n-Hexane	21,505	0	1	0.00%	19.1%	51.4%
1,2-Dichloroethane	19,135	0	52,456	39.43%	17.1%	54.0%
Ethylene	9,881	0	0	0.00%	18.7%	51.7%
Propylene (Propene)	9,091	0	0	0.00%	19.2%	51.0%
tert-Butyl alcohol	5,665	0	2	0.00%	18.6%	50.1%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	4,945	0	431	0.32%	18.4%	51.9%
Chloroform	1,314	0	1,734	1.30%	18.3%	52.1%
Benzene	883	0	319	0.24%	19.0%	51.0%
Nitric acid	819	0	18	0.01%	11.7%	32.1%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	647	0	0	0.00%	18.5%	51.7%
Ethylidene dichloride	565	0	5	0.00%	18.3%	52.0%
Propylene oxide	500	0	164	0.12%	17.7%	67.1%
Chloroprene	204	0	2,502	1.88%	19.2%	50.8%
Ethylene glycol	162	0	0	0.00%	16.9%	54.8%
Acrylonitrile	138	0	1,086	0.82%	18.7%	69.9%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	132	0	381	0.29%	18.7%	51.3%
Vinylidene chloride	102	0	0	0.00%	19.2%	50.7%
Chlorobenzene	94	0	0	0.00%	19.1%	50.7%
Hydrogen fluoride	86	0	4	0.00%	10.9%	28.7%
Hydrogen sulfide	62	0	4	0.00%	18.8%	70.2%
Trichloroethylene	51	0	9	0.01%	19.1%	50.7%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	51	0	1	0.00%	19.1%	50.6%
Chloromethane	44	0	0	0.00%	19.1%	50.7%
Ethylene oxide	18	0	6,577	4.94%	18.5%	50.3%
Carbon tetrachloride	2	0	1	0.00%	19.1%	50.6%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	2	0	0	0.00%	19.1%	50.7%
Lead	1	0	0	0.00%	19.1%	50.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	6	0.00%	19.1%	50.7%

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