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Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100: 77
Rank among all TRI companies: 142
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 1,878,132
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 11,209,239
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 330,991
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 71%

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This company is rank 35 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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1,2-Dichloroethane 53,824 3,844,237 165,274 49.93% 25.2% 75.5%
Ethylene oxide 1,819 0 69,998 21.15% 13.8% 58.4%
Chlorine 83,955 0 29,310 8.86% 21.8% 62.2%
Vinyl chloride 114,527 2,848 26,911 8.13% 24.1% 73.5%
Chloroprene 1,363 0 22,335 6.75% 22.2% 63.1%
Chloroform 3,281 154,233 8,180 2.47% 24.9% 73.5%
Acetaldehyde 70,809 0 3,481 1.05% 27.0% 64.5%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,080 154,338 1,582 0.48% 24.8% 73.2%
1,3-Butadiene 12,704 0 1,267 0.38% 14.5% 56.5%
Benzene 13,289 219,489 1,188 0.36% 18.9% 60.4%
Trichloroethylene 678 145,794 672 0.20% 25.9% 77.4%
1,4-Dioxane 2,107 0 222 0.07% 26.4% 62.6%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,555 3,839,570 198 0.06% 23.4% 67.8%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 10 307,166 129 0.04% 25.7% 76.5%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 18,409 0 72 0.02% 23.3% 67.4%
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 36 0.01% 21.8% 62.1%
Hydroquinone 147 0 34 0.01% 13.1% 57.7%
Tetrachloroethylene 1,550 1,152,002 28 0.01% 22.9% 66.3%
Naphthalene 1,084 457 21 0.01% 14.2% 57.4%
Biphenyl 1,437 0 19 0.01% 28.5% 67.6%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane) 1,385 0 13 0.00% 21.8% 62.1%
Ethylbenzene 2,995 2,076 8 0.00% 13.7% 58.1%
Chloromethane 13,555 0 7 0.00% 15.5% 57.3%
Vinyl acetate 63,643 0 1 0.00% 15.2% 57.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 115 0 1 0.00% 13.5% 58.3%
Acetophenone 5,326 0 1 0.00% 21.9% 62.2%
Ethylene glycol 14,609 0 1 0.00% 25.7% 63.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 85,560 0 1 0.00% 15.1% 57.6%
Propylene 212,199 0 1 0.00% 14.0% 58.2%
Ethylene 1,023,520 0 1 0.00% 15.3% 57.4%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,549 0 0 0.00% 13.1% 57.3%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 43,809 33,239 0 0.00% 14.3% 57.8%
m-Xylene 2,875 0 0 0.00% 13.2% 57.6%
p-Xylene 1,906 0 0 0.00% 13.3% 57.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 1,318 0 0 0.00% 13.4% 57.9%
o-Xylene 1,360 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 57.9%
Toluene 8,974 39,037 0 0.00% 13.7% 58.1%
Dicyclopentadiene 2 0 0 0.00% 14.7% 56.0%
Chloroethane 2,544 0 0 0.00% 23.4% 68.4%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,335 0 0 0.00% 21.8% 62.1%
Styrene 389 0 0 0.00% 14.0% 56.6%
Cyclohexane 663 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 57.7%
Methanol 2,557 842 0 0.00% 14.8% 57.7%
Chlorobenzene 3 618,385 0 0.00% 24.8% 73.0%
Cumene 1 0 0 0.00% 13.4% 58.2%
Pentachloroethane 8 695,173 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 304 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Titanium tetrachloride 0 352 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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