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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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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 0 178,420 87.39% 13.5% 37.0%
Nickel compounds 393 0 8,192 4.01% 13.5% 44.4%
Manganese compounds 10,899 0 7,539 3.69% 14.0% 34.6%
Cadmium compounds 61 0 5,968 2.92% 16.0% 57.0%
Lead compounds 3,235 0 1,914 0.94% 13.2% 49.4%
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 1,031 0.51% 13.6% 37.8%
Nickel 4 0 489 0.24% 12.3% 36.7%
Mercury compounds 1,174 0 320 0.16% 13.4% 53.8%
Zinc compounds 79,598 0 248 0.12% 12.7% 41.4%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 589 0 23 0.01% 14.3% 45.7%
Chlorine 14 0 12 0.01% 12.6% 37.2%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 35 0 5 0.00% 22.0% 26.2%
Manganese 7 0 5 0.00% 7.6% 33.0%
Copper 7 0 2 0.00% 13.7% 38.0%
Vanadium compounds 39 0 0 0.00% 22.5% 24.3%
Molybdenum trioxide 2 0 0 0.00% 17.2% 27.2%

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