PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Celanese

Rank in Toxic 100: 8
Rank among all TRI companies: 12
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 1,032,992
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 8,397,703
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 4,448,268
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 1.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 62%

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This company is rank 6 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Ethylene oxide	3,348	22,370	4,403,288	98.99%	14.2%	61.5%
Methyl iodide	297	35,790	21,558	0.48%	14.8%	63.8%
Acetaldehyde	40,663	0	11,770	0.26%	15.7%	61.4%
Formaldehyde	25,304	9,140	7,878	0.18%	26.4%	83.1%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-Dichlorobenzene)	19,547	217,931	1,904	0.04%	16.3%	30.6%
Benzene	3,869	0	785	0.02%	26.3%	83.0%
Antimony compounds	468	0	546	0.01%	17.3%	26.6%
1,3-Butadiene	500	0	234	0.01%	16.2%	6.2%
Vinyl acetate	327,205	1,200,829	200	0.00%	15.4%	62.7%
Acrolein	5	0	42	0.00%	15.8%	67.5%
Butyl acrylate	220	0	12	0.00%	15.8%	31.7%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	44,148	0	10	0.00%	16.6%	6.9%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	45,761	0	8	0.00%	16.3%	61.4%
Hydroquinone	4	0	7	0.00%	18.5%	29.6%
Ethylene glycol	12,318	8,959	6	0.00%	15.8%	45.1%
Ethylene	118,008	3,510,416	4	0.00%	15.0%	59.6%
Acrylic acid	10	2	4	0.00%	13.2%	58.4%
Zinc compounds	358	0	3	0.00%	17.3%	26.6%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	19,659	455,375	3	0.00%	16.9%	68.5%
Phenol	7,480	0	3	0.00%	16.9%	30.9%
Acetonitrile	3,579	0	1	0.00%	16.7%	7.0%
Cyclohexane	294,375	0	1	0.00%	16.5%	6.6%
Methanol	41,279	2,936,124	1	0.00%	15.2%	64.5%
Hydrogen sulfide	13	0	0	0.00%	16.3%	29.9%
Mercury	3	0	0	0.00%	17.6%	9.0%
Propionaldehyde	470	0	0	0.00%	19.0%	55.2%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	14,822	0	0	0.00%	18.1%	52.3%
Propylene	285	0	0	0.00%	13.4%	59.2%
Isobutyraldehyde	109	0	0	0.00%	18.4%	51.1%
Formic acid	104	0	0	0.00%	26.2%	83.0%
Ethyl acrylate	0	2	0	0.00%	15.8%	67.7%
Titanium tetrachloride	21	0	0	0.00%	25.9%	81.0%
Butyraldehyde	1,549	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	7,167	302	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	43	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	0	27	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Diisocyanates	0	437	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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