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Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 60
Rank among all TRI companies: 121
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 1,445,321
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 19,321,826
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 434,389
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 69%

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This company is rank 54 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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1,2-Dichloroethane 50,343 7,477,756 199,386 45.90% 25.3% 75.1%
Ethylene oxide 7,717 0 128,656 29.62% 14.7% 57.8%
Vinyl chloride 86,595 8,546 32,497 7.48% 25.0% 75.4%
Chlorine 84,601 0 29,660 6.83% 21.8% 62.2%
Chloroprene 1,345 0 22,457 5.17% 22.2% 63.1%
Chloroform 3,906 156,234 8,830 2.03% 24.9% 73.7%
1,3-Butadiene 52,424 0 4,293 0.99% 14.9% 56.5%
Acetaldehyde 58,518 0 2,839 0.65% 26.8% 63.9%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,209 156,389 1,776 0.41% 24.9% 73.6%
Benzene 13,156 98,795 1,393 0.32% 18.3% 60.1%
Trichloroethylene 781 136,427 808 0.19% 25.6% 75.9%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 22 608,730 717 0.17% 18.9% 43.8%
Hydroquinone 8,300 0 392 0.09% 15.4% 57.0%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,859 7,015,519 292 0.07% 21.7% 59.5%
1,4-Dioxane 1,712 0 131 0.03% 24.8% 58.9%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 30,599 0 61 0.01% 22.3% 64.5%
Biphenyl 4,179 0 57 0.01% 28.5% 67.6%
Formaldehyde 657 0 36 0.01% 14.9% 57.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 34 0.01% 21.8% 62.1%
Tetrachloroethylene 1,532 1,927,626 33 0.01% 22.2% 62.3%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane) 1,359 2 12 0.00% 21.8% 62.1%
Ethylbenzene 3,596 7,064 11 0.00% 13.6% 58.1%
Naphthalene 378 7,126 9 0.00% 14.0% 57.4%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 0 110,910 2 0.00% 12.0% 12.5%
Chloromethane 2,242 0 1 0.00% 15.5% 57.3%
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) 152,780 0 1 0.00% 15.4% 57.3%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 62,135 21,904 1 0.00% 13.7% 58.1%
Ethylene glycol 17,737 0 1 0.00% 25.6% 63.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 6,394 910 1 0.00% 13.4% 57.9%
Acetophenone 4,656 0 1 0.00% 21.9% 62.2%
Propylene 292,147 0 1 0.00% 14.2% 58.1%
Ethylene 443,824 48,836 1 0.00% 15.6% 60.0%
Vinyl acetate 26,826 0 0 0.00% 15.1% 57.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,511 0 0 0.00% 14.2% 57.1%
Dicyclopentadiene 2 0 0 0.00% 12.7% 55.2%
Toluene 11,755 11,724 0 0.00% 13.6% 58.2%
Chloroethane 2,461 0 0 0.00% 23.6% 68.8%
Hydrogen sulfide 3 0 0 0.00% 13.7% 58.2%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,342 152,955 0 0.00% 21.3% 59.4%
Chlorobenzene 7 574,864 0 0.00% 16.8% 33.6%
Styrene 574 0 0 0.00% 13.8% 56.6%
Zinc compounds 3 0 0 0.00% 13.6% 58.5%
Methanol 858 1,209 0 0.00% 14.4% 58.0%
Cyclohexane 261 0 0 0.00% 14.9% 57.5%
Cumene 2 0 0 0.00% 13.9% 58.0%
Pentachloroethane 4 798,300 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 1,009 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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