PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Merck KGaA (EMD)

Rank among all TRI companies: 412
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 51,563
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 719,574
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 56,600
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 40%

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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	116	0	38,234	67.55%	12.4%	34.5%
Chloroform	1,029	61,655	18,185	32.13%	21.1%	50.8%
Acetonitrile	4,313	111,713	88	0.16%	16.7%	38.0%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	19,472	72,694	44	0.08%	15.5%	34.4%
Pyridine	31	0	14	0.02%	17.9%	34.7%
Naphthalene	4	0	8	0.01%	5.9%	43.3%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	2,699	0	5	0.01%	7.4%	21.2%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	255	3,140	5	0.01%	11.2%	50.9%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	2,031	0	4	0.01%	17.8%	34.8%
Triethylamine	69	0	4	0.01%	22.8%	59.2%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	442	0	3	0.01%	11.9%	16.0%
Certain glycol ethers	123	0	2	0.00%	21.2%	73.6%
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)	4,113	0	1	0.00%	16.2%	31.2%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	15	743	0	0.00%	8.3%	41.5%
Phosphine	1	0	0	0.00%	11.4%	14.7%
Methanol	13,009	469,624	0	0.00%	22.5%	53.6%
Cyclohexane	1,240	0	0	0.00%	17.9%	34.9%
Copper	5	0	0	0.00%	11.4%	14.6%
Toluene	2,000	0	0	0.00%	16.8%	32.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	5	0	0	0.00%	18.2%	35.3%
Nitric acid	5	0	0	0.00%	7.7%	46.7%
Ethylene glycol	31	0	0	0.00%	20.1%	44.0%
Selenium compounds	3	0	0	0.00%	12.2%	16.1%
Fluorine	2	0	0	0.00%	11.4%	14.7%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	7	5	0	0.00%	7.9%	9.8%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	543	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%	0.0%

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