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Rank among all TRI companies: 525
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 2,678,154
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 30,503
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 40%

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This company is rank 43 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 3 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.

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Formaldehyde 41,000 0 46,000 1,886,000,000 1,344 4.41% 19.2% 39.2% 43.9% 36.6% 2.4%
Selenium compounds 560 0 180 100,800 0 0.00% 16.3% 35.2% 45.8% 38.3% 4.0%
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 0 1,400,000,000 706,580 1 0.00% 16.0% 35.0% 41.2% 30.7% 6.4%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 3,650 0 7,000 25,550,000 34 0.11% 16.1% 34.8% 42.6% 33.8% 4.8%
Manganese compounds 1,774 0 12,000 21,288,000 21 0.07% 15.9% 34.7% 41.3% 31.4% 5.9%
Lead compounds 1,142 0 23,000 26,256,800 22 0.07% 15.7% 34.6% 40.4% 29.3% 6.9%
Thallium compounds 45 0 14,000 630,000 1 0.00% 16.0% 34.6% 45.0% 37.3% 4.2%
Zinc compounds 9,983 0 100 998,300 2 0.01% 15.0% 33.8% 40.6% 29.3% 6.8%
Mercury compounds 210 0 12,000 2,523,600 4 0.01% 15.0% 33.7% 41.5% 30.6% 6.6%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 855 0 1,500 1,282,500 2 0.01% 14.9% 33.5% 41.3% 30.6% 6.5%
Nickel compounds 1,330 0 930,000 1,236,900,000 1,499 4.91% 14.9% 33.5% 41.0% 30.1% 6.7%
Vanadium compounds 1,088 0 140 152,320 0 0.00% 14.8% 33.4% 40.4% 28.9% 7.0%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 83,545 0 250 20,886,250 36 0.12% 14.5% 33.1% 41.4% 30.2% 6.9%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 890 0 43,000,000 6,888,600,000 11,085 36.34% 14.1% 32.5% 40.7% 28.9% 7.4%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 87,405 0 180 15,732,900 27 0.09% 13.9% 32.3% 40.0% 27.9% 7.7%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 989,805 0 3,500 3,464,317,500 6,247 20.48% 13.5% 32.2% 40.4% 26.8% 8.7%
Cobalt compounds 98 0 17,000,000 1,666,000,000 3,692 12.10% 13.5% 32.0% 41.6% 29.1% 8.1%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 1,454,540 0 7 10,181,780 70 0.23% 13.9% 31.3% 55.3% 35.4% 11.4%
Arsenic compounds 230 0 15,000,000 3,450,000,000 6,412 21.02% 13.1% 31.2% 38.0% 25.2% 8.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 4 0 390,000 1,716,000 2 0.01% 11.4% 30.3% 34.4% 18.8% 10.8%

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