PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

United States Steel

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 83
Rank among all TRI companies: 168
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 1,764,959
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 5,273,796
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 257,918
EJ: Poor Share: 21%
EJ: Minority Share: 51%

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This company is rank 51 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 26 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.)	863	0	66,828	25.91%	23.0%	60.6%
Cadmium compounds	118	0	48,153	18.67%	23.3%	68.2%
Hydrogen sulfide	369,768	15,620	32,940	12.77%	19.8%	37.5%
Arsenic compounds	32	0	23,424	9.08%	22.5%	67.2%
Benzene	31,192	8,161	23,384	9.07%	16.2%	24.5%
Manganese compounds	23,487	0	20,094	7.79%	24.4%	59.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	2,197	5,358	18,677	7.24%	20.1%	27.3%
Hydrogen cyanide	34,126	0	6,074	2.35%	17.6%	25.3%
Nickel compounds	155	0	4,777	1.85%	21.3%	62.5%
Lead compounds	3,945	0	3,305	1.28%	23.9%	53.8%
Naphthalene	7,920	5,767	3,150	1.22%	18.3%	26.7%
Cyanide compounds	10,121	1	1,857	0.72%	17.7%	25.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	347,979	0	1,539	0.60%	15.9%	30.6%
Chromium	6	0	1,376	0.53%	17.6%	77.3%
Zinc compounds	108,210	0	647	0.25%	23.7%	64.9%
Beryllium compounds	2	0	407	0.16%	17.8%	51.4%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	508	90	243	0.09%	19.7%	26.9%
Molybdenum trioxide	206	0	188	0.07%	23.2%	68.1%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing)	534,409	50	182	0.07%	20.3%	42.3%
Nickel	8	0	143	0.06%	17.8%	56.0%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	1,600	0	133	0.05%	18.6%	61.9%
Mercury compounds	283	0	131	0.05%	21.2%	59.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	329	0	78	0.03%	20.9%	56.4%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	626	0	32	0.01%	23.6%	56.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)	0	0	30	0.01%	18.6%	62.0%
Thallium compounds	38	0	30	0.01%	23.0%	67.8%
Phenol	43,330	33	26	0.01%	18.5%	26.0%
Antimony compounds	31	0	25	0.01%	23.5%	68.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	7,927	0	9	0.00%	22.8%	47.3%
Biphenyl	263	179	8	0.00%	18.0%	25.5%
Carbon disulfide	32,593	44	6	0.00%	17.5%	25.2%
Lead	7	0	4	0.00%	18.3%	66.7%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	0	103,700	4	0.00%	11.6%	31.4%
Ethylene	71,272	4,765,393	3	0.00%	15.2%	23.2%
Vanadium compounds	481	0	3	0.00%	22.2%	59.6%
Manganese	2	0	2	0.00%	18.1%	79.1%
Ethylbenzene	58	6	1	0.00%	16.8%	24.9%
Methanol	109,984	0	1	0.00%	20.3%	30.8%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	2,941	126	1	0.00%	18.9%	26.3%
Acetonitrile	362	37	0	0.00%	15.3%	23.9%
Propylene	2,556	360,691	0	0.00%	16.1%	23.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	372	202	0	0.00%	16.5%	24.8%
Dicyclopentadiene	1	14	0	0.00%	14.9%	24.3%
Pyridine	6	20	0	0.00%	17.2%	25.0%
Selenium compounds	29	0	0	0.00%	24.8%	70.3%
Toluene	8,633	991	0	0.00%	15.1%	23.9%
Silver compounds	14	0	0	0.00%	21.3%	65.6%
Anthracene	371	556	0	0.00%	18.9%	27.7%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	1,384	0	0	0.00%	17.7%	25.3%
Ethylene glycol	104	3,639	0	0.00%	18.0%	25.6%
Styrene	260	85	0	0.00%	15.9%	24.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	1	18	0	0.00%	14.4%	23.6%
Phenanthrene	3,103	2,333	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol	0	32	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dibenzofuran	747	650	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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