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Rio Tinto

Rank in Toxic 100: 13
Rank among all TRI companies: 21
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 154,940
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 159
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 3,007,362
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.9%
EJ: Poor Share: 9%
EJ: Minority Share: 31%

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This company is rank 19 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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Arsenic compounds 11,073 0 15,000,000 166,095,000,000 2,635,459 87.63% 8.8% 25.9% 31.8% 1.9% 21.3%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 394 0 43,000,000 5,763,642,600 211,431 7.03% 6.8% 21.3% 24.3% 1.3% 15.7%
Diisocyanates 8,328 0 350,000 2,914,765,000 123,776 4.12% 6.5% 20.5% 23.1% 1.2% 14.7%
Lead compounds 12,484 0 23,000 287,127,860 11,417 0.38% 9.2% 26.8% 33.0% 2.0% 22.3%
Nickel compounds 297 0 930,000 276,200,700 11,364 0.38% 8.7% 25.7% 31.3% 1.8% 21.0%
Cadmium compounds 90 0 6,400,000 577,280,000 9,081 0.30% 8.3% 24.8% 29.9% 1.8% 19.9%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 77,240 0 1,500 115,860,000 3,476 0.12% 9.3% 27.2% 33.8% 2.0% 22.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 24,330 0 3,500 85,155,000 758 0.03% 8.1% 24.4% 29.7% 1.8% 19.6%
Cyanide compounds 1,348 0 4,400 5,931,200 252 0.01% 6.5% 20.5% 23.1% 1.2% 14.7%
Manganese compounds 292 0 12,000 3,500,880 123 0.00% 6.7% 21.1% 24.0% 1.3% 15.4%
Antimony compounds 175 0 12,000 2,100,000 102 0.00% 9.4% 27.3% 33.7% 2.0% 22.9%
Zinc compounds 5,353 0 100 535,287 60 0.00% 15.0% 34.2% 69.4% 7.7% 44.7%
Naphthalene 99 0 12,000 1,188,120 37 0.00% 6.1% 19.9% 22.5% 1.1% 14.4%
Thallium compounds 54 0 14,000 756,000 8 0.00% 8.4% 25.0% 30.4% 1.8% 20.2%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 504 0 180 90,720 5 0.00% 9.4% 27.3% 33.8% 2.0% 22.9%
Selenium compounds 740 0 180 133,200 3 0.00% 9.7% 28.4% 36.4% 2.0% 25.3%
Mercury compounds 7 0 12,000 84,000 3 0.00% 7.3% 22.4% 25.1% 1.4% 16.2%
Silver compounds 254 0 200 50,800 2 0.00% 9.3% 26.9% 33.2% 2.0% 22.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 11,562 0 7 80,934 2 0.00% 7.1% 22.1% 25.6% 1.4% 16.6%
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 38,755 2 0.00% 6.5% 20.5% 23.0% 1.2% 14.7%
Vanadium compounds 66 0 140 9,240 0 0.00% 7.9% 24.0% 29.1% 1.8% 19.1%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 250 0 6 1,450 0 0.00% 5.6% 18.6% 21.3% 1.0% 13.5%
Ethylene glycol 0 159 9 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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