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 .
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database .
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Certain glycol ethers
102,370
35,368
1,287
0.07%
12.5%
30.7%
Trichloroethylene
71,495
24,413
146,270
8.07%
15.7%
20.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
57,497
18,150
168
0.01%
15.1%
37.9%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
49,336
16,890
37
0.00%
12.1%
30.0%
Toluene
41,308
198,361
3
0.00%
15.7%
39.0%
Methyl methacrylate
37,705
2,406
15
0.00%
12.9%
32.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
36,500
15,495
3
0.00%
12.3%
30.9%
Diisocyanates
34,203
19,438
1,622,979
89.50%
16.5%
42.3%
Methanol
34,120
59,994
1
0.00%
21.2%
57.9%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
16,837
0
16
0.00%
8.7%
26.2%
Butyl acrylate
15,250
2,300
3,998
0.22%
11.4%
30.5%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
13,289
496
53
0.00%
15.9%
36.3%
Styrene
12,810
0
2
0.00%
9.3%
26.6%
Ethylbenzene
11,894
13,876
896
0.05%
16.3%
42.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
11,012
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Ethyl acrylate
6,847
0
29
0.00%
11.1%
28.0%
Dimethyl phthalate
5,196
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Acrylic acid
4,381
0
1,071
0.06%
10.4%
29.2%
Nonylphenol
3,387
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexane
2,848
0
0
0.00%
13.0%
55.5%
Ethylene glycol
2,503
15,163
2
0.00%
15.1%
57.7%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)
1,783
561
0
0.00%
17.7%
28.9%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates
1,582
344
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane)
1,500
0
0
0.00%
18.0%
52.2%
Phthalic anhydride
1,481
0
19
0.00%
10.8%
29.6%
Zinc compounds
1,333
0
14
0.00%
18.0%
48.6%
Naphthalene
1,308
1,372
879
0.05%
11.3%
20.1%
Zinc (fume or dust)
1,297
0
6
0.00%
17.4%
27.3%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
940
0
1,257
0.07%
21.9%
74.7%
Allyl alcohol
764
64
1,011
0.06%
16.2%
19.6%
Diglycidyl resorcinol ether
677
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Formaldehyde
260
35
932
0.05%
15.7%
33.6%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
250
6
0
0.00%
11.2%
37.4%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
230
0
24
0.00%
18.1%
50.5%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
190
0
5
0.00%
15.5%
20.3%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
122
0
30,780
1.70%
16.0%
22.9%
Manganese compounds
113
0
87
0.00%
21.8%
57.9%
Maleic anhydride
60
0
9
0.00%
18.0%
26.1%
Nickel compounds
27
0
557
0.03%
15.4%
18.1%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
20
1,176
0
0.00%
17.6%
29.0%
Chlorine
19
0
46
0.00%
15.1%
23.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
19
2
0
0.00%
16.9%
65.2%
Vinyl acetate
13
0
0
0.00%
32.6%
79.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
10
10
0
0.00%
22.1%
53.8%
Antimony compounds
10
0
6
0.00%
15.3%
7.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
10
0
201
0.01%
19.6%
61.4%
Cumene
9
0
0
0.00%
18.5%
22.7%
Acrylonitrile
7
4
157
0.01%
8.3%
15.4%
Barium
6
0
1
0.00%
17.6%
29.0%
Nitric acid
5
0
0
0.00%
21.5%
55.6%
Diethanolamine
4
0
0
0.00%
7.9%
13.8%
Sodium nitrite
3
0
0
0.00%
21.9%
57.7%
Lead compounds
2
0
1
0.00%
17.2%
39.4%
Acrylamide
2
0
55
0.00%
8.2%
15.1%
Chromium
1
0
518
0.03%
17.6%
29.0%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
0
0
0
0.00%
17.6%
28.4%
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
0
0
0
0.00%
18.2%
40.5%
Mercury
0
0
0
0.00%
9.3%
20.2%
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
0
0.00%
17.6%
29.0%
Phosgene
0
8
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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