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Merck KGaA (EMD)

Rank among all TRI companies: 289
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 49,748
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 895,627
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 97,743
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%

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Arsenic compounds 191 0 61,445 62.86% 12.4% 34.5%
Chloroform 2,013 202,958 36,037 36.87% 19.2% 42.7%
Acetonitrile 6,081 95,733 98 0.10% 16.7% 37.0%
Acetaldehyde 507 865 81 0.08% 7.3% 21.3%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 17,866 241,940 38 0.04% 14.2% 33.1%
Naphthalene 4 0 8 0.01% 5.9% 43.3%
1,4-Dioxane 19 470 7 0.01% 7.3% 21.3%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 260 4,353 5 0.01% 11.2% 50.9%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 2,620 0 5 0.01% 7.0% 20.6%
Pyridine 32 1,090 5 0.01% 17.1% 33.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 10 140,264 3 0.00% 14.5% 40.3%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 467 0 3 0.00% 11.9% 16.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 1,411 0 3 0.00% 17.8% 34.8%
Triethylamine 33 0 2 0.00% 23.3% 59.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 3,361 0 1 0.00% 17.0% 33.6%
Phosphine 1 0 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.7%
Methanol 12,326 205,611 0 0.00% 22.1% 53.0%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 10 1,440 0 0.00% 8.0% 41.1%
Cyclohexane 1,138 0 0 0.00% 17.9% 34.9%
Copper 5 0 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.6%
Toluene 620 636 0 0.00% 17.6% 34.6%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 178 267 0 0.00% 7.3% 21.3%
Nitric acid 5 0 0 0.00% 7.7% 46.7%
Selenium compounds 11 0 0 0.00% 12.9% 17.5%
Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 21.0% 57.5%
Ethylene glycol 31 0 0 0.00% 20.1% 44.0%
Fluorine 0 0 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.7%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 550 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
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 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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