PPG Industries
Rank in Toxic 100: 23
Rank among all TRI companies: 37
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 584,843
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 425,931
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 1,813,397
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 40%
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This company is rank 81 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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Diisocyanates
34,203
19,438
350,000
11,970,913,850
1,622,979
89.50%
16.5%
35.1%
42.3%
17.7%
17.9%
Trichloroethylene
71,495
24,413
15,000
1,072,425,000
146,270
8.07%
15.7%
37.4%
20.0%
12.8%
2.1%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
122
0
43,000,000
1,777,792,000
30,780
1.70%
16.0%
35.8%
22.9%
6.9%
11.2%
Butyl acrylate
15,250
2,300
3,500
53,375,242
3,998
0.22%
11.4%
26.6%
30.5%
7.8%
15.2%
Certain glycol ethers
102,370
35,368
180
18,956,943
1,287
0.07%
12.5%
28.7%
30.7%
11.6%
12.3%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
940
0
7,000
6,580,000
1,257
0.07%
21.9%
42.5%
74.7%
58.7%
9.7%
Acrylic acid
4,381
0
3,500
15,334,169
1,071
0.06%
10.4%
24.3%
29.2%
9.0%
12.9%
Allyl alcohol
764
64
12,000
9,168,000
1,011
0.06%
16.2%
38.8%
19.6%
12.7%
2.0%
Formaldehyde
260
35
46,000
11,954,940
932
0.05%
15.7%
33.0%
33.6%
11.7%
13.6%
Ethylbenzene
11,894
13,876
890
10,585,398
896
0.05%
16.3%
35.8%
42.0%
21.7%
13.4%
Naphthalene
1,308
1,372
12,000
15,699,600
879
0.05%
11.3%
25.7%
20.1%
7.5%
7.1%
Nickel compounds
27
0
930,000
24,672,900
557
0.03%
15.4%
34.7%
18.1%
5.9%
7.7%
Chromium
1
0
43,000,000
20,468,000
518
0.03%
17.6%
36.8%
29.0%
19.1%
4.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
10
0
390,000
3,900,000
201
0.01%
19.6%
42.6%
61.4%
44.4%
13.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
57,497
18,150
35
2,029,214
168
0.01%
15.1%
33.9%
37.9%
18.7%
12.5%
Acrylonitrile
7
4
240,000
1,632,480
157
0.01%
8.3%
18.4%
15.4%
6.9%
2.8%
Manganese compounds
113
0
12,000
1,357,200
87
0.00%
21.8%
43.4%
57.9%
48.1%
4.5%
Acrylamide
2
0
360,000
591,192
55
0.00%
8.2%
18.2%
15.1%
6.8%
2.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
13,289
496
58
794,273
53
0.00%
15.9%
34.6%
36.3%
16.4%
12.9%
Chlorine
19
0
23,000
437,000
46
0.00%
15.1%
34.4%
23.0%
14.8%
2.4%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
49,336
16,890
10
493,355
37
0.00%
12.1%
28.0%
30.0%
9.9%
12.9%
Ethyl acrylate
6,847
0
73
499,808
29
0.00%
11.1%
25.4%
28.0%
9.2%
11.7%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
230
0
1,500
344,931
24
0.00%
18.1%
39.7%
50.5%
36.3%
10.4%
Phthalic anhydride
1,481
0
180
266,554
19
0.00%
10.8%
25.0%
29.6%
9.5%
12.9%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
16,837
0
20
336,741
16
0.00%
8.7%
21.3%
26.2%
6.8%
11.8%
Methyl methacrylate
37,705
2,406
5
188,526
15
0.00%
12.9%
30.2%
32.7%
6.4%
18.4%
Zinc compounds
1,333
0
100
133,287
14
0.00%
18.0%
40.2%
48.6%
27.7%
14.7%
Maleic anhydride
60
0
5,000
300,000
9
0.00%
18.0%
37.0%
26.1%
16.9%
4.2%
Zinc (fume or dust)
1,297
0
100
129,700
6
0.00%
17.4%
39.5%
27.3%
6.7%
13.2%
Antimony compounds
10
0
12,000
120,000
6
0.00%
15.3%
35.8%
7.9%
2.2%
1.6%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
190
0
180
34,200
5
0.00%
15.5%
36.9%
20.3%
13.1%
2.1%
Toluene
41,308
198,361
1
28,942
3
0.00%
15.7%
34.9%
39.0%
24.4%
8.3%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
36,500
15,495
1
43,800
3
0.00%
12.3%
27.8%
30.9%
12.7%
11.4%
Styrene
12,810
0
4
44,834
2
0.00%
9.3%
22.2%
26.6%
7.4%
11.8%
Ethylene glycol
2,503
15,163
9
22,135
2
0.00%
15.1%
37.6%
57.7%
17.2%
34.2%
Lead compounds
2
0
23,000
39,200
1
0.00%
17.2%
37.3%
39.4%
20.9%
12.6%
Barium
6
0
7,000
39,200
1
0.00%
17.6%
36.8%
29.0%
19.1%
4.7%
Methanol
34,120
59,994
0
6,142
1
0.00%
21.2%
43.0%
57.9%
22.8%
28.7%
Diethanolamine
4
0
1,200
5,249
0
0.00%
7.9%
17.5%
13.8%
6.4%
2.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
20
1,176
700
14,000
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.8%
29.0%
19.1%
4.7%
Cyclohexane
2,848
0
1
1,652
0
0.00%
13.0%
31.4%
55.5%
33.4%
16.6%
Nitric acid
5
0
270
1,239
0
0.00%
21.5%
42.3%
55.6%
47.0%
3.5%
n-Hexane (Hexane)
1,500
0
5
7,500
0
0.00%
18.0%
40.0%
52.2%
16.4%
30.9%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
0
0
50,000
5,000
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.6%
28.4%
18.6%
4.6%
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
4,416
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.7%
29.0%
19.0%
4.7%
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
0
0
8,600
172
0
0.00%
18.2%
42.9%
40.5%
1.1%
28.7%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
250
6
14
3,504
0
0.00%
11.2%
29.7%
37.4%
2.1%
25.3%
Vinyl acetate
13
0
18
227
0
0.00%
32.6%
59.7%
79.4%
14.9%
59.7%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
10
10
7
70
0
0.00%
22.1%
46.9%
53.8%
33.3%
12.6%
Mercury
0
0
12,000
120
0
0.00%
9.3%
23.0%
20.2%
10.7%
1.8%
Sodium nitrite
3
0
10
27
0
0.00%
21.9%
43.4%
57.7%
49.4%
3.2%
Cumene
9
0
9
79
0
0.00%
18.5%
37.3%
22.7%
14.4%
3.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
19
2
1
12
0
0.00%
16.9%
40.0%
65.2%
28.9%
29.7%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)
1,783
561
0
214
0
0.00%
17.7%
38.1%
28.9%
8.4%
15.5%
Phosgene
0
8
12,000
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Diglycidyl resorcinol ether
677
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate
5,196
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
11,012
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol
3,387
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates
1,582
344
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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