PERI: Toxic 100 Index

BASF

Rank in Toxic 100: 2
Rank among all TRI companies: 4
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 3,980,308
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 7,309,722
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 8,446,509
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 2.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 37%

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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
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	4,656	0	4	0.00%	10.3%	49.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	3,665	0	5	0.00%	21.6%	42.6%
1,2-Dichloroethane	8,595	10,616	16,784	0.20%	21.8%	38.9%
1,3-Butadiene	22,371	0	49,600	0.59%	18.3%	42.1%
2,4-Dichlorophenol	35	45,108	1	0.00%	10.2%	49.1%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol	250	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	7.3%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline	1,319	0	13,390	0.16%	9.1%	34.9%
Acetaldehyde	25	0	4	0.00%	15.6%	29.3%
Acetonitrile	263	8,090	0	0.00%	15.4%	10.5%
Acrolein	350	0	2,978	0.04%	13.8%	59.9%
Acrylamide	102	4,749	2,030	0.02%	12.2%	28.2%
Acrylic acid	9,364	8,210	1,760	0.02%	14.7%	55.4%
Acrylonitrile	3,919	12	51,289	0.61%	17.2%	36.9%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	2,741,734	0	237	0.00%	18.4%	46.4%
Aniline	6,530	29,040	463	0.01%	11.7%	39.8%
Barium	113	0	55	0.00%	20.4%	26.4%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	542	0	252	0.00%	36.0%	53.8%
Benzene	36,298	469	21,054	0.25%	18.1%	52.2%
Biphenyl	1,810	0	68	0.00%	13.5%	58.9%
Bromine	199	0	3	0.00%	15.3%	10.4%
Bromomethane (Methyl bromide)	216	0	1	0.00%	15.4%	10.5%
Butyl acrylate	5,516	3,134	1,155	0.01%	15.3%	55.1%
Butyraldehyde	7,272	393	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Carbon tetrachloride	2,220	17,200	1,405	0.02%	15.7%	47.3%
Certain glycol ethers	7,833	12,790	68	0.00%	14.4%	56.3%
Chlorine	10,174	0	3,757	0.04%	16.2%	30.5%
Chlorobenzene	21,110	3,120	2	0.00%	13.3%	42.2%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)	11,200	0	0	0.00%	12.2%	40.4%
Chloroethane	1,485	0	0	0.00%	12.8%	38.6%
Chloroform	11,805	17,870	26,171	0.31%	14.7%	44.8%
Chloromethane	2,166	0	62	0.00%	10.5%	49.5%
Chlorophenols	0	2,120,057	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi	3,908	0	3,062,069	36.25%	23.0%	30.6%
Cobalt compounds	30	0	17,424	0.21%	18.3%	28.6%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	446	0	68	0.00%	34.1%	48.6%
Cumene	510	0	0	0.00%	18.7%	6.9%
Cyanide compounds	23	9,691	2	0.00%	18.3%	39.4%
Cyclohexane	34,986	1,359,000	1	0.00%	14.2%	57.5%
Cyclohexanol	1,590	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) (Toluenediamine)	2,584	2,800	61,473	0.73%	8.7%	34.3%
Dicamba	6	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	54.0%
Diethanolamine	165	0	20	0.00%	9.0%	38.3%
Diisocyanates	2,059	37,955	35,026	0.41%	17.3%	39.2%
Dimethyl phthalate	810	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dimethyl sulfate	10	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dimethylamine	5,451	2,711	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)	961	184,753	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	1	0.00%	15.3%	18.5%
Epichlorohydrin	12	0	3	0.00%	27.7%	71.7%
Ethyl acrylate	359	663	5	0.00%	20.4%	31.3%
Ethylbenzene	19,722	800	139	0.00%	22.3%	50.9%
Ethylene	162,467	0	2	0.00%	20.9%	55.6%
Ethylene glycol	13,422	69,503	10	0.00%	11.9%	39.6%
Ethylene oxide	14,848	0	5,000,145	59.20%	14.7%	41.4%
Formaldehyde	13,330	22,648	17,422	0.21%	14.6%	45.9%
Formic acid	21,646	743	0	0.00%	13.8%	43.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	37,508	0	164	0.00%	15.0%	43.1%
Hydrogen cyanide	2,687	0	110	0.00%	15.6%	45.1%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	941	0	2	0.00%	26.0%	82.5%
Isobutyraldehyde	4,732	393	50	0.00%	19.2%	78.1%
Lead compounds	399	0	740	0.01%	38.1%	55.7%
Maleic anhydride	88	0	22	0.00%	13.7%	59.3%
Manganese	95	0	54	0.00%	13.4%	58.5%
Manganese compounds	428	0	505	0.01%	34.7%	50.1%
Methanol	214,394	163,453	1	0.00%	17.0%	42.5%
Methyl acrylate	11,837	0	7	0.00%	26.2%	45.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	1,790	2,132	0	0.00%	17.6%	8.0%
Methyl methacrylate	2,054	9,157	2	0.00%	21.4%	31.8%
Molybdenum trioxide	232	5,585	239	0.00%	20.2%	27.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	1,030	5,128	1	0.00%	15.5%	10.6%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	13,124	212,906	6	0.00%	14.8%	59.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	76,331	1,404,000	6	0.00%	18.5%	47.5%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	5,900	4,830	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	46	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Naphthalene	221	0	51	0.00%	15.0%	42.3%
Nickel compounds	763	0	41,457	0.49%	33.9%	49.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	13	0	0	0.00%	10.3%	38.7%
Nitric acid	18,135	0	85	0.00%	19.0%	37.7%
Nitrobenzene	2,674	1,070	4,583	0.05%	13.9%	41.9%
o-Toluidine	593	25,800	2,772	0.03%	19.9%	60.0%
o-Xylene	9,500	51	2	0.00%	15.5%	10.7%
Pendimethalin	264	196,026	0	0.00%	15.4%	10.5%
Phenol	11	0	0	0.00%	19.2%	7.5%
Phosgene	26	0	8	0.00%	13.6%	42.6%
Phthalic anhydride	40	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	48.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	11	0	41	0.00%	17.9%	49.1%
Propargyl alcohol	175	0	2	0.00%	11.8%	39.7%
Propiconazole	108	0	0	0.00%	24.3%	37.7%
Propylene	131,442	0	3	0.00%	20.6%	59.4%
Propylene oxide	14,259	0	8,753	0.10%	17.5%	39.2%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)	209	0	0	0.00%	22.7%	41.7%
Sodium dicamba	8	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	54.1%
Styrene	10,401	4,096	3	0.00%	18.6%	31.0%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	8,407	0	223	0.00%	16.7%	13.8%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	21,042	10,700	0	0.00%	18.1%	34.3%
Toluene	54,445	1,285,961	1	0.00%	20.3%	55.7%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	41	5,057	143	0.00%	19.8%	38.9%
Triethylamine	2,682	976	18	0.00%	13.0%	40.5%
Vanadium compounds	251	0	4	0.00%	38.8%	57.1%
Vinyl acetate	816	12	1	0.00%	11.2%	10.6%
Vinyl chloride	98	201	18	0.00%	15.4%	10.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	107,216	62	24	0.00%	19.4%	46.8%
Zinc compounds	359	0	3	0.00%	36.6%	57.0%

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