PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Becton Dickinson

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 7
Rank among all TRI companies: 10
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 158,467
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 13,104
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 5,365,983
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 1.6%
EJ: Poor Share: 13%
EJ: Minority Share: 42%

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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
Ethylene oxide	5,277	0	5,018,956	93.53%	12.9%	42.0%
Chromium	250	0	322,965	6.02%	9.9%	30.9%
Nickel	250	0	20,544	0.38%	9.9%	30.9%
Diisocyanates	37	3,015	3,033	0.06%	9.2%	26.5%
Manganese	250	0	265	0.00%	9.9%	30.9%
Nitric acid	2,312	0	104	0.00%	40.8%	96.3%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	133,220	0	87	0.00%	14.4%	39.4%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	15,656	9,658	19	0.00%	11.8%	10.1%
Chlorine	24	0	11	0.00%	14.4%	39.5%
Zinc compounds	41	0	0	0.00%	20.1%	58.1%
Methanol	1,140	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	39.4%
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)	6	0	0	0.00%	10.1%	31.0%
Methyl methacrylate	3	431	0	0.00%	8.3%	21.7%

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