PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Nucor

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 40
Rank among all TRI companies: 70
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 606,148
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 6,410
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 967,412
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 35%

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This company is rank 70 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
Diisocyanates	14,491	0	464,634	48.03%	15.2%	42.9%
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.)	7,343	0	376,534	38.92%	19.0%	31.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	5,773	0	49,039	5.07%	11.8%	8.1%
Nickel compounds	2,735	0	39,010	4.03%	17.3%	38.8%
Manganese compounds	30,597	0	12,432	1.29%	18.9%	45.3%
Chromium	25	0	10,150	1.05%	16.8%	22.9%
Lead compounds	5,688	0	4,370	0.45%	27.6%	66.8%
Cadmium compounds	70	0	3,023	0.31%	18.8%	46.4%
Certain glycol ethers	301,879	6,410	2,443	0.25%	22.9%	46.9%
Manganese	2,282	0	2,197	0.23%	19.3%	59.9%
Nickel	55	0	2,018	0.21%	17.1%	21.1%
Cobalt compounds	3	0	504	0.05%	24.0%	67.2%
Mercury compounds	4,385	0	323	0.03%	14.3%	41.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	20,971	0	231	0.02%	13.7%	74.5%
Zinc compounds	90,193	0	198	0.02%	19.5%	47.8%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	89	0	77	0.01%	10.9%	5.4%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	2,841	0	75	0.01%	14.8%	39.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	661	0	48	0.00%	15.3%	45.6%
Naphthalene	1,076	0	43	0.00%	24.1%	36.2%
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	29	0.00%	14.6%	40.0%
Lead	19	0	22	0.00%	15.8%	30.4%
Nitric acid	415	0	3	0.00%	18.3%	35.3%
Ethylbenzene	656	0	2	0.00%	24.2%	36.4%
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)	81,884	0	2	0.00%	14.7%	38.9%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	0	0	2	0.00%	15.3%	50.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	6,701	0	1	0.00%	24.7%	36.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	1,957	0	0	0.00%	24.0%	36.0%
Vanadium compounds	134	0	0	0.00%	17.7%	37.1%
Antimony compounds	24	0	0	0.00%	23.7%	35.6%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	1,512	0	0	0.00%	24.2%	36.4%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)	4,217	0	0	0.00%	17.2%	34.9%
Copper	4	0	0	0.00%	24.0%	36.4%
Propylene	239	0	0	0.00%	16.8%	23.1%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	17,228	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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