PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Becton Dickinson

Rank in Toxic 100: 3
Rank among all TRI companies: 6
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 155,334
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 4,292
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 6,185,402
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 1.8%
EJ: Poor Share: 13%
EJ: Minority Share: 44%

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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	8,410	0	5,838,993	94.40%	13.1%	44.1%
Chromium	250	0	320,415	5.18%	9.9%	30.9%
Nickel	250	0	20,382	0.33%	9.9%	30.9%
Diisocyanates	72	2,884	5,121	0.08%	9.4%	27.9%
Manganese	250	0	263	0.00%	9.9%	30.9%
Nitric acid	2,340	0	105	0.00%	40.9%	96.4%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	108,800	0	70	0.00%	14.4%	39.4%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	32,348	208	39	0.00%	11.8%	10.1%
Chlorine	31	0	14	0.00%	14.4%	39.5%
Zinc compounds	37	0	0	0.00%	20.1%	58.1%
Methanol	2,540	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	39.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	4	0	0	0.00%	10.1%	31.0%
Methyl methacrylate	1	1,200	0	0.00%	8.1%	21.1%

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