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United States Steel

Rank in Toxic 100: 68
Rank among all TRI companies: 125
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 1,459,835
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 282,761
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 403,834
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 58%

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This company is rank 60 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 29 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 444,821 95 158 0.04% 20.7% 43.8%
Hydrogen sulfide 321,570 721 30,588 7.57% 20.4% 41.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 263,411 0 1,173 0.29% 16.0% 32.0%
Methanol 108,581 2,940 1 0.00% 20.5% 31.2%
Zinc compounds 92,659 0 586 0.15% 23.7% 64.9%
Ethylene 37,684 224,090 1 0.00% 19.9% 35.2%
Phenol 32,965 245 20 0.01% 18.5% 26.0%
Manganese compounds 31,518 0 32,183 7.97% 24.8% 60.0%
Benzene 29,409 1,192 24,782 6.14% 18.2% 29.8%
Hydrogen cyanide 26,391 0 4,744 1.17% 17.7% 25.3%
Carbon disulfide 23,975 4 4 0.00% 17.4% 25.1%
Cyanide compounds 7,888 2 1,459 0.36% 17.7% 25.3%
Naphthalene 6,489 13,082 2,662 0.66% 18.4% 27.0%
Toluene 6,062 421 0 0.00% 15.3% 24.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 4,131 0 4 0.00% 23.2% 46.7%
Lead compounds 3,053 0 3,067 0.76% 24.0% 54.5%
Phenanthrene 2,984 5,821 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Propylene 2,246 16,961 0 0.00% 17.6% 25.3%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 2,023 240 0 0.00% 18.9% 26.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 1,916 12,688 16,466 4.08% 20.1% 27.3%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 1,500 0 125 0.03% 18.6% 61.9%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 1,083 0 0 0.00% 17.7% 25.3%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 1,079 0 111,789 27.68% 23.8% 64.6%
Manganese 742 0 222 0.06% 19.7% 41.7%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 714 0 55 0.01% 24.3% 62.5%
Dibenzofuran 650 1,696 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Vanadium compounds 617 0 5 0.00% 23.4% 65.3%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 471 0 141 0.04% 22.1% 60.3%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 349 171 169 0.04% 19.7% 26.9%
Molybdenum trioxide 320 0 384 0.10% 23.8% 68.9%
Mercury compounds 290 0 131 0.03% 21.0% 57.9%
Anthracene 284 1,793 0 0.00% 18.9% 29.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 281 115 0 0.00% 16.8% 24.9%
Nickel compounds 260 0 15,639 3.87% 23.4% 67.3%
Acetonitrile 255 3 0 0.00% 15.3% 23.9%
Biphenyl 206 342 7 0.00% 18.0% 25.5%
Styrene 180 53 0 0.00% 15.9% 24.6%
Thallium compounds 172 0 196 0.05% 23.9% 68.9%
Cadmium compounds 167 0 64,625 16.00% 23.2% 68.0%
Antimony compounds 128 0 136 0.03% 24.0% 69.1%
Ethylene glycol 77 0 0 0.00% 18.0% 25.6%
Selenium compounds 64 0 0 0.00% 22.2% 66.7%
Arsenic compounds 54 0 61,235 15.16% 23.7% 68.5%
Ethylbenzene 42 4 1 0.00% 16.9% 24.9%
Cobalt compounds 23 0 26,145 6.47% 23.4% 68.3%
Silver compounds 19 0 0 0.00% 20.8% 64.9%
Chromium 8 0 2,915 0.72% 21.5% 63.9%
Lead 7 0 5 0.00% 18.8% 66.5%
Pyridine 6 2 0 0.00% 17.2% 25.0%
Nickel 5 0 187 0.05% 21.2% 53.6%
Beryllium compounds 5 0 1,796 0.44% 21.8% 64.1%
Dicyclopentadiene 1 1 0 0.00% 14.9% 24.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 1 19 0 0.00% 14.4% 23.6%
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 27 0.01% 18.6% 62.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol 0 60 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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