PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Solvay

Rank in Toxic 100: 46
Rank among all TRI companies: 90
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 821,770
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 3,411,566
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 765,976
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 58%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	5,172	90,030	3,900	20,172,360	522	0.07%	29.1%	53.4%	39.9%	2.4%	30.7%
Catechol	1,080	1,883	9,000	9,720,000	586	0.08%	27.0%	46.7%	80.4%	77.0%	2.1%
Hydrogen fluoride	3,880	0	250	970,000	117	0.02%	26.0%	47.7%	68.0%	61.1%	3.4%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	160	56,432	0	19,807	0	0.00%	24.8%	44.4%	72.5%	68.1%	2.4%
Hydroquinone	871	22,928	60,000	52,260,000	2,621	0.34%	24.5%	44.4%	70.6%	64.7%	3.4%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	45,850	599,501	1	55,020	1	0.00%	23.1%	43.0%	55.4%	51.5%	2.3%
Ethylene	28,115	0	1	15,744	0	0.00%	22.3%	39.6%	40.4%	21.3%	15.1%
m-Cresol	9	0	6	49	0	0.00%	21.2%	47.3%	51.8%	41.5%	5.2%
Chloroform	7,588	146,598	82,000	968,770,140	8,517	1.11%	19.5%	38.3%	43.9%	21.4%	18.0%
Chlorobenzene	306,778	330,803	4	1,073,723	44	0.01%	19.1%	38.6%	37.2%	30.5%	3.5%
Freon 113	13,581	19,525	5	67,906	1	0.00%	18.5%	36.9%	39.7%	20.9%	14.3%
Nitric acid	47	0	270	12,744	1	0.00%	18.3%	40.9%	57.4%	11.9%	39.7%
Allyl alcohol	407	0	12,000	4,884,000	265	0.03%	17.9%	40.3%	43.6%	32.9%	6.0%
Ammonia	6,941	0	7	48,587	2	0.00%	17.7%	37.5%	54.4%	34.9%	14.6%
Hydrochloric acid	2,816	0	180	506,844	54	0.01%	17.3%	34.6%	48.9%	32.7%	9.3%
Acrylic acid	2,246	3,152	3,500	7,861,000	1,518	0.20%	17.3%	34.5%	51.2%	35.3%	9.1%
Naphthalene	163	64	12,000	1,958,400	327	0.04%	16.9%	39.0%	61.7%	8.6%	38.2%
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane	1,169	0	0	82	0	0.00%	16.5%	32.6%	47.1%	27.5%	11.2%
Dichloromethane	750	0	36	27,000	3	0.00%	16.4%	40.0%	50.2%	9.8%	25.3%
Maleic anhydride	115	0	5,000	575,000	7	0.00%	16.3%	36.1%	5.2%	1.2%	1.8%
Formic acid	850	0	1	425	0	0.00%	16.3%	36.1%	5.2%	1.1%	1.8%
Triethylamine	3,705	60,000	500	1,852,500	10	0.00%	16.0%	35.8%	5.3%	1.0%	2.1%
Toluene	53,446	499,057	1	37,412	0	0.00%	15.9%	35.6%	6.3%	1.8%	2.1%
Propylene oxide	1,331	0	13,000	17,306,900	867	0.11%	15.8%	36.7%	63.6%	15.5%	39.7%
Methanol	60,158	207,255	0	10,828	1	0.00%	15.8%	35.0%	61.8%	20.2%	29.4%
Glycol Ethers	1,313	5	180	236,340	28	0.00%	15.6%	35.3%	66.3%	13.0%	48.0%
Chloromethane	20,328	20,129	640	25,891,840	282	0.04%	15.3%	33.2%	8.0%	4.4%	1.5%
Zinc compounds	111	0	100	11,100	0	0.00%	15.3%	33.5%	5.0%	1.3%	1.4%
Ethylene oxide	250	0	11,000,000	2,749,010,000	506,090	66.07%	15.1%	35.1%	66.0%	14.9%	41.9%
Ethylbenzene	35	0	890	31,150	0	0.00%	14.9%	32.9%	50.3%	5.4%	42.4%
Acrylamide	477	402	360,000	171,558,000	9,837	1.28%	14.6%	35.5%	39.6%	18.1%	13.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	36	0	58	2,111	1	0.00%	14.4%	35.2%	80.8%	12.8%	50.5%
Diethanolamine	66	330	1,200	79,320	7	0.00%	14.3%	33.4%	75.1%	45.0%	22.9%
Propargyl alcohol	6	0	500	3,000	0	0.00%	14.2%	32.2%	49.5%	5.0%	41.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	4,074	1,000	35	142,587	3	0.00%	14.0%	34.2%	42.2%	8.9%	23.7%
Phenol	7,651	57,868	18	137,718	26	0.00%	13.9%	32.0%	70.6%	4.6%	46.8%
Formaldehyde	1,228	14,903	46,000	56,488,000	37,483	4.89%	13.6%	31.9%	73.6%	3.6%	49.2%
4,4'-Diaminodiphenylether	3	133	140,000	434,000	11	0.00%	13.6%	32.8%	41.3%	26.0%	10.2%
1,3-Phenylenediamine	1	133	170	119	0	0.00%	13.6%	32.8%	41.3%	26.0%	10.2%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline	1	133	1,600,000	1,280,000	32	0.00%	13.6%	32.8%	41.3%	26.0%	10.2%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol	176	0	20	3,520	0	0.00%	13.5%	30.2%	4.2%	0.8%	1.6%
Chloroacetic acid	1,501	18	500	750,400	69	0.01%	13.4%	34.4%	46.7%	22.1%	15.0%
Epichlorohydrin	2,193	0	4,300	9,427,750	869	0.11%	13.4%	34.4%	46.6%	22.0%	15.0%
Methyl acrylate	243	0	180	43,740	4	0.00%	13.4%	34.7%	45.4%	20.8%	15.0%
Ethylene glycol	3,155	0	9	27,764	2	0.00%	13.4%	34.6%	45.6%	21.0%	15.0%
Acrylonitrile	35,792	713,169	240,000	8,590,080,000	171,671	22.41%	12.8%	31.4%	33.5%	19.6%	8.6%
Styrene	194	0	4	681	0	0.00%	12.8%	33.5%	15.0%	7.8%	4.3%
Diphenylamine	77	5,680	33	2,535	0	0.00%	12.7%	33.5%	14.2%	8.5%	3.3%
Butyl acrylate	44	0	3,500	155,082	1	0.00%	12.7%	33.1%	14.9%	7.4%	4.4%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	16,182	449,500	120	1,941,894	34	0.00%	12.6%	31.1%	32.0%	18.4%	8.3%
Hydrogen cyanide	104,848	0	4,400	461,331,200	23,938	3.13%	12.6%	29.7%	45.9%	25.9%	12.5%
Hydrogen sulfide	254	0	1,800	457,722	6	0.00%	12.4%	32.6%	13.9%	7.9%	3.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	23	0	390,000	9,137,700	116	0.02%	12.3%	30.6%	33.5%	19.5%	8.6%
2-Ethoxyethanol	12	25,440	18	216	0	0.00%	10.2%	23.4%	30.0%	16.8%	7.0%
Trichloroacetyl chloride	9	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA)	447	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cyclohexanol	5	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
1,4-Dioxane	0	1	18,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dimethylamine	105	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	71,956	66,454	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	758	360,000	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0	16,181	700	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Nonylphenol	1,746	2,102	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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