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Rank in Toxic 100: 9
Rank among all TRI companies: 17
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 2,042,411
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 314,199
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 3,485,083
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 1.0%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 36%

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This company is rank 71 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
This company is rank 57 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.

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Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 130 46 18 2,345 0 0.00% 27.8% 51.5% 62.4% 54.8% 4.3%
Methyl acrylate 23 0 180 4,140 1 0.00% 27.6% 51.3% 61.9% 54.3% 4.4%
Vinyl chloride 1,040 0 31,000 32,240,000 3,980 0.11% 27.3% 50.9% 61.1% 53.4% 4.4%
Zinc (fume or dust) 710 0 100 71,000 4 0.00% 23.2% 46.9% 43.4% 32.4% 7.3%
Certain glycol ethers 341 12,290 180 1,095,148 10 0.00% 16.2% 34.0% 39.7% 26.9% 6.8%
Acrylonitrile 1,197 91 240,000 291,504,000 29,828 0.86% 15.0% 29.5% 43.8% 25.9% 10.8%
Acrylamide 9 2,279 360,000 7,308,000 294 0.01% 14.9% 29.7% 41.4% 24.5% 10.0%
Ethyl acrylate 7,534 6,641 73 568,597 50 0.00% 14.8% 29.2% 40.7% 24.3% 9.8%
Cyanide compounds 24 0 4,400 105,600 6 0.00% 14.2% 28.6% 43.2% 22.5% 12.3%
Manganese 506 0 12,000 6,075,119 274 0.01% 21.7% 43.1% 42.9% 22.1% 16.4%
Methyl methacrylate 10,472 506 5 53,101 3 0.00% 14.5% 29.2% 35.2% 21.0% 8.4%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 1,774 0 43,000,000 10,065,280,900 31,989 0.92% 14.0% 32.6% 40.5% 19.2% 12.6%
Mercury 1 0 12,000 13,200 1 0.00% 14.6% 32.9% 32.4% 17.9% 10.1%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 1,314 0 20 26,288 1 0.00% 13.8% 32.8% 30.1% 17.3% 7.6%
Methanol 57,035 237,057 0 10,266 1 0.00% 16.5% 37.6% 59.3% 16.1% 38.6%
Carbon disulfide 51 0 5 255 0 0.00% 14.6% 34.1% 33.3% 16.1% 12.7%
Antimony compounds 777 0 12,000 9,324,000 1,171 0.03% 10.6% 23.5% 39.9% 16.0% 17.6%
Butyl acrylate 4,351 591 3,500 16,048,515 1,515 0.04% 16.6% 36.7% 59.5% 16.0% 39.0%
Cumene 81 0 9 713 0 0.00% 14.5% 34.1% 33.2% 15.8% 12.8%
Ozone 9,049 0 19 171,931 20 0.00% 12.0% 26.0% 41.9% 15.6% 19.9%
Lead compounds 1,875 0 23,000 43,120,400 1,190 0.03% 11.1% 24.8% 39.7% 15.5% 17.4%
Chlorine 3,277 0 23,000 75,366,630 7,420 0.21% 17.3% 37.5% 60.4% 15.5% 36.3%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 263,301 0 250 65,825,326 857 0.02% 20.6% 42.9% 42.6% 15.2% 15.6%
Hydrogen sulfide 1,029 20 1,800 1,852,200 273 0.01% 17.2% 39.1% 70.8% 15.1% 51.2%
Propylene oxide 6,205 0 13,000 80,665,000 13,512 0.39% 17.2% 39.1% 71.7% 14.7% 52.5%
Zinc compounds 9,585 0 100 958,491 29 0.00% 17.0% 36.9% 47.7% 14.7% 25.2%
Boron trifluoride 2 0 5,000 10,000 2 0.00% 17.2% 39.2% 72.0% 14.7% 52.8%
Maleic anhydride 1,410 0 5,000 7,050,000 1,160 0.03% 17.1% 38.8% 71.5% 14.6% 52.4%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 7,097 0 10 70,968 8 0.00% 15.3% 34.9% 66.1% 13.8% 47.1%
Diethanolamine 6 0 1,200 7,201 1 0.00% 14.4% 35.1% 33.8% 13.6% 15.5%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 133,083 0 180 23,954,942 291 0.01% 17.4% 37.5% 53.5% 13.4% 30.8%
Ethylbenzene 2,315 84 890 2,060,555 167 0.00% 14.2% 33.4% 45.4% 13.4% 27.0%
1,3-Butadiene 1,979 0 110,000 217,690,000 19,079 0.55% 17.0% 38.9% 71.6% 13.3% 54.4%
Naphthalene 146 0 12,000 1,752,000 13 0.00% 14.6% 34.3% 45.8% 13.1% 27.6%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 690,539 0 7 4,833,773 60 0.00% 14.8% 36.6% 48.6% 12.9% 31.0%
Toluene 76,424 6,207 1 53,497 5 0.00% 14.3% 33.6% 59.5% 12.5% 41.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 27 0 390,000 10,362,300 26 0.00% 16.6% 38.4% 28.5% 12.2% 10.3%
Ethylene glycol 6,235 77 9 54,871 7 0.00% 14.6% 33.2% 54.2% 11.9% 37.7%
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 1,400,000,000 863,382 1 0.00% 14.6% 34.2% 31.6% 11.2% 14.0%
Phenol 3,271 1,483 18 58,878 7 0.00% 13.0% 31.7% 60.8% 11.2% 44.6%
Hydrazine 44 0 18,000,000 792,000,000 71,484 2.05% 12.4% 31.0% 52.9% 10.7% 37.3%
Formaldehyde 124,517 0 46,000 5,727,810,980 96,399 2.77% 14.9% 33.9% 36.7% 10.7% 22.6%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 59,437 0 7,000 416,058,230 778 0.02% 14.3% 31.6% 25.1% 10.7% 9.1%
Allyl chloride 106 5,461 3,500 1,795,500 4 0.00% 15.4% 33.5% 18.5% 10.5% 3.4%
Diisocyanates 581 18,297 350,000 203,205,555 21,876 0.63% 13.6% 30.4% 40.7% 10.4% 24.0%
Carbonyl sulfide 1,870 0 350 654,500 51 0.00% 16.1% 34.8% 55.5% 10.2% 32.7%
Lead 54 0 23,000 1,245,124 14 0.00% 18.0% 39.4% 39.2% 9.8% 21.6%
Acetophenone 5 4,510 10 45,150 0 0.00% 11.3% 26.0% 19.9% 9.6% 5.5%
Mercury compounds 281 0 12,000 3,370,020 3 0.00% 13.2% 32.3% 28.5% 9.6% 12.6%
Chromium 6,977 0 43,000,000 13,430,179,164 1,329,902 38.16% 12.3% 30.7% 43.7% 9.2% 24.7%
Manganese compounds 35,901 0 12,000 430,813,994 10,071 0.29% 17.0% 36.2% 23.0% 9.2% 9.7%
Styrene 34,537 420 4 121,352 1 0.00% 16.2% 37.7% 47.6% 8.7% 30.7%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 1,162 0 1,500 1,743,131 2 0.00% 13.9% 33.1% 26.7% 8.6% 12.6%
Diphenylamine 122 0 33 4,026 0 0.00% 10.3% 27.7% 53.6% 8.5% 40.3%
Vinyl acetate 11,883 457 18 213,887 5 0.00% 16.2% 35.6% 16.2% 8.2% 4.8%
Cobalt compounds 263 0 17,000,000 4,471,000,000 29,796 0.85% 16.6% 35.7% 14.1% 7.8% 3.0%
Cobalt 1,761 0 17,000,000 29,929,251,400 1,135,092 32.57% 14.3% 32.3% 29.4% 7.5% 13.3%
Nickel 17,815 0 930,000 16,568,334,927 578,158 16.59% 19.8% 39.5% 24.4% 7.1% 10.2%
Triethylamine 294 0 500 147,000 4 0.00% 10.5% 21.4% 17.6% 6.8% 6.6%
Nickel compounds 3,093 0 930,000 2,876,490,000 29,903 0.86% 23.4% 44.5% 13.6% 6.5% 2.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 59,776 3,873 35 2,092,161 74 0.00% 13.5% 34.2% 27.2% 6.0% 16.7%
Copper 1,849 0 1,500 2,773,356 65 0.00% 22.7% 43.2% 15.2% 5.9% 4.6%
Vanadium compounds 1,682 0 140 235,542 0 0.00% 12.4% 30.6% 22.1% 5.9% 11.2%
Acrylic acid 5,287 838 3,500 18,525,500 297 0.01% 13.7% 29.4% 12.3% 5.1% 4.1%
Benzyl chloride 4,931 0 180,000 887,637,600 60,806 1.74% 20.3% 45.0% 82.2% 5.0% 74.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 2,114 0 700 1,480,010 67 0.00% 17.8% 35.8% 8.1% 4.7% 1.4%
Sodium nitrite 16,329 0 10 163,291 2 0.00% 14.1% 32.1% 9.7% 4.5% 1.6%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 182,959 0 3,500 640,356,430 142 0.00% 20.5% 40.5% 14.7% 4.4% 5.8%
Nitric acid 14,744 550 270 4,055,252 381 0.01% 14.8% 31.0% 26.7% 3.7% 11.8%
Allyl alcohol 6 6,738 12,000 72,000 0 0.00% 15.3% 35.3% 8.4% 3.6% 2.8%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 42 0 14 591 0 0.00% 12.3% 31.4% 31.1% 3.5% 18.4%
Tetrachloroethylene 76,711 0 930 71,341,230 4,651 0.13% 11.3% 32.9% 26.0% 3.3% 18.0%
Benzene 7,018 114 28,000 196,504,000 1,610 0.05% 15.5% 34.8% 7.0% 2.7% 2.7%
Cyclohexane 11,220 4,043 1 6,508 0 0.00% 15.5% 34.8% 7.0% 2.6% 2.7%
Arsenic compounds 162 0 15,000,000 2,430,000,000 118 0.00% 15.1% 34.0% 37.3% 2.3% 20.2%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0 0 20,000 4,000 0 0.00% 14.5% 36.4% 13.2% 2.2% 7.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 32,128 130 58 1,863,403 67 0.00% 7.1% 28.7% 10.9% 2.0% 6.3%
1-Bromopropane 18,769 930 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 350 41 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 3 52 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 8 9 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0 0 1 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 6 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 1,387 363 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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