PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Freeport-McMoRan

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 21
Rank among all TRI companies: 36
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 3,296,081
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 2,520
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 1,918,798
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.6%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 61%

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This company is rank 26 on the Toxic 100 Water 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
Arsenic compounds	4,105	0	1,539,655	80.24%	22.0%	60.9%
Cobalt compounds	505	0	167,693	8.74%	21.0%	60.7%
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.)	500	0	126,573	6.60%	22.0%	60.7%
Cadmium compounds	505	0	55,473	2.89%	22.0%	60.7%
Nickel compounds	510	0	8,996	0.47%	22.3%	66.0%
Lead compounds	24,018	0	7,463	0.39%	21.9%	60.7%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	265,150	0	4,151	0.22%	18.1%	55.3%
Molybdenum trioxide	22,960	0	2,438	0.13%	16.7%	43.1%
Benzene	9,800	255	2,015	0.10%	9.2%	57.6%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	82,065	0	1,773	0.09%	21.5%	60.5%
Chromium	15	0	1,138	0.06%	14.7%	50.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	3,050	0	665	0.03%	22.0%	60.8%
Chlorine	750	0	172	0.01%	17.8%	55.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	75	0	139	0.01%	7.5%	59.6%
Manganese compounds	1,755	0	130	0.01%	20.1%	57.0%
Antimony compounds	500	0	104	0.01%	22.0%	60.7%
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)	2,842,946	0	64	0.00%	14.0%	12.9%
Naphthalene	750	5	48	0.00%	8.6%	59.4%
Nickel	10	0	46	0.00%	15.7%	48.3%
Manganese	265	0	28	0.00%	16.4%	51.2%
Zinc compounds	13,215	0	21	0.00%	22.0%	60.6%
Mercury compounds	230	0	5	0.00%	22.5%	58.5%
Selenium compounds	2,055	0	4	0.00%	22.1%	62.0%
Ethylbenzene	255	250	1	0.00%	9.2%	59.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	4,550	255	1	0.00%	8.7%	57.9%
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	0	0.00%	15.4%	57.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	755	250	0	0.00%	8.4%	59.5%
Silver compounds	255	0	0	0.00%	22.8%	58.6%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	2,150	250	0	0.00%	9.4%	59.2%
Vanadium compounds	255	0	0	0.00%	22.8%	58.6%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	750	250	0	0.00%	9.1%	59.3%
Cumene	755	250	0	0.00%	9.2%	59.2%
Toluene	6,900	750	0	0.00%	9.0%	57.8%
Nitric acid	43	0	0	0.00%	19.7%	31.2%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	3,179	0	0	0.00%	19.6%	29.0%
Cyclohexane	500	5	0	0.00%	10.4%	58.9%

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