Gerdau
Rank in Toxic 100: 95
Rank among all TRI companies: 185
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 97,634
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 1
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 204,168
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%
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Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
1,577
0
43,000,000
2,368,117,500
178,420
87.39%
13.5%
31.6%
37.0%
15.5%
10.2%
Nickel compounds
393
0
930,000
365,026,339
8,192
4.01%
13.5%
31.8%
44.4%
24.6%
13.1%
Manganese compounds
10,899
0
12,000
130,791,840
7,539
3.69%
14.0%
33.8%
34.6%
16.5%
10.7%
Cadmium compounds
61
0
6,400,000
391,500,800
5,968
2.92%
16.0%
34.2%
57.0%
22.6%
27.2%
Lead compounds
3,235
0
23,000
74,395,983
1,914
0.94%
13.2%
32.0%
49.4%
26.1%
15.8%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like
0
1
1,400,000,000
19,222,415
1,031
0.51%
13.6%
30.3%
37.8%
13.2%
9.2%
Nickel
4
0
930,000
3,906,000
489
0.24%
12.3%
27.7%
36.7%
15.5%
8.4%
Mercury compounds
1,174
0
12,000
14,093,281
320
0.16%
13.4%
32.4%
53.8%
21.6%
22.4%
Zinc compounds
79,598
0
100
7,959,834
248
0.12%
12.7%
31.8%
41.4%
22.9%
12.3%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
589
0
1,500
883,926
23
0.01%
14.3%
34.1%
45.7%
25.2%
13.9%
Chlorine
14
0
23,000
319,010
12
0.01%
12.6%
28.3%
37.2%
12.7%
8.3%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
35
0
7,000
244,440
5
0.00%
22.0%
40.8%
26.2%
12.6%
6.2%
Manganese
7
0
12,000
84,000
5
0.00%
7.6%
18.5%
33.0%
24.3%
6.0%
Copper
7
0
1,500
10,500
2
0.00%
13.7%
30.6%
38.0%
13.2%
9.1%
Vanadium compounds
39
0
140
5,488
0
0.00%
22.5%
42.1%
24.3%
10.7%
5.4%
Molybdenum trioxide
2
0
15,000
24,450
0
0.00%
17.2%
40.5%
27.2%
4.5%
9.0%
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