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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 1,622,979 89.50% 16.5% 42.3%
Trichloroethylene 71,495 24,413 146,270 8.07% 15.7% 20.0%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 122 0 30,780 1.70% 16.0% 22.9%
Butyl acrylate 15,250 2,300 3,998 0.22% 11.4% 30.5%
Certain glycol ethers 102,370 35,368 1,287 0.07% 12.5% 30.7%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 940 0 1,257 0.07% 21.9% 74.7%
Acrylic acid 4,381 0 1,071 0.06% 10.4% 29.2%
Allyl alcohol 764 64 1,011 0.06% 16.2% 19.6%
Formaldehyde 260 35 932 0.05% 15.7% 33.6%
Ethylbenzene 11,894 13,876 896 0.05% 16.3% 42.0%
Naphthalene 1,308 1,372 879 0.05% 11.3% 20.1%
Nickel compounds 27 0 557 0.03% 15.4% 18.1%
Chromium 1 0 518 0.03% 17.6% 29.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 10 0 201 0.01% 19.6% 61.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 57,497 18,150 168 0.01% 15.1% 37.9%
Acrylonitrile 7 4 157 0.01% 8.3% 15.4%
Manganese compounds 113 0 87 0.00% 21.8% 57.9%
Acrylamide 2 0 55 0.00% 8.2% 15.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 13,289 496 53 0.00% 15.9% 36.3%
Chlorine 19 0 46 0.00% 15.1% 23.0%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 49,336 16,890 37 0.00% 12.1% 30.0%
Ethyl acrylate 6,847 0 29 0.00% 11.1% 28.0%
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%
Phthalic anhydride 1,481 0 19 0.00% 10.8% 29.6%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 16,837 0 16 0.00% 8.7% 26.2%
Methyl methacrylate 37,705 2,406 15 0.00% 12.9% 32.7%
Zinc compounds 1,333 0 14 0.00% 18.0% 48.6%
Maleic anhydride 60 0 9 0.00% 18.0% 26.1%
Zinc (fume or dust) 1,297 0 6 0.00% 17.4% 27.3%
Antimony compounds 10 0 6 0.00% 15.3% 7.9%
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%
Toluene 41,308 198,361 3 0.00% 15.7% 39.0%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 36,500 15,495 3 0.00% 12.3% 30.9%
Styrene 12,810 0 2 0.00% 9.3% 26.6%
Ethylene glycol 2,503 15,163 2 0.00% 15.1% 57.7%
Lead compounds 2 0 1 0.00% 17.2% 39.4%
Barium 6 0 1 0.00% 17.6% 29.0%
Methanol 34,120 59,994 1 0.00% 21.2% 57.9%
Diethanolamine 4 0 0 0.00% 7.9% 13.8%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 20 1,176 0 0.00% 17.6% 29.0%
Cyclohexane 2,848 0 0 0.00% 13.0% 55.5%
Nitric acid 5 0 0 0.00% 21.5% 55.6%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 1,500 0 0 0.00% 18.0% 52.2%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0 0 0 0.00% 17.6% 28.4%
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%
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0 0 0 0.00% 18.2% 40.5%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 250 6 0 0.00% 11.2% 37.4%
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%
Mercury 0 0 0 0.00% 9.3% 20.2%
Sodium nitrite 3 0 0 0.00% 21.9% 57.7%
Cumene 9 0 0 0.00% 18.5% 22.7%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 19 2 0 0.00% 16.9% 65.2%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 1,783 561 0 0.00% 17.7% 28.9%
Phosgene 0 8 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Diglycidyl resorcinol ether 677 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate 5,196 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 11,012 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 3,387 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 1,582 344 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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