PERI: Toxic 100 Index

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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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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
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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