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Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 71
Rank among all TRI companies: 141
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 1,610,779
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 16,843,152
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 396,900
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 71%

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This company is rank 48 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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1,2-Dichloroethane 52,747 6,144,838 186,292 46.94% 24.9% 75.8%
Ethylene oxide 3,338 0 111,392 28.07% 12.0% 61.4%
Chlorine 83,965 0 28,121 7.09% 21.5% 62.1%
Vinyl chloride 60,103 1,696 27,556 6.94% 24.3% 75.4%
Chloroprene 1,336 0 21,319 5.37% 21.8% 62.9%
Chloroform 22,157 161,285 13,178 3.32% 21.0% 70.3%
Acetaldehyde 65,700 0 2,760 0.70% 18.9% 58.2%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,529 161,240 2,178 0.55% 24.7% 74.5%
Benzene 16,495 163,984 1,451 0.37% 16.9% 61.2%
Trichloroethylene 1,119 151,055 1,089 0.27% 25.5% 77.5%
1,3-Butadiene 6,777 0 813 0.20% 12.1% 58.7%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,788 6,400,563 222 0.06% 23.1% 68.0%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 19 539,748 186 0.05% 25.0% 75.4%
1,4-Dioxane 1,526 0 104 0.03% 19.6% 55.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 34,029 0 60 0.02% 21.6% 64.3%
Formaldehyde 657 0 40 0.01% 12.9% 59.6%
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 40 0.01% 21.5% 61.9%
Naphthalene 846 0 30 0.01% 11.3% 61.1%
Tetrachloroethylene 1,484 1,648,356 28 0.01% 22.8% 66.9%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane) 1,386 0 12 0.00% 21.4% 61.9%
Biphenyl 595 0 7 0.00% 19.1% 59.6%
Ethylbenzene 3,093 552 7 0.00% 12.0% 60.9%
Chloromethane 13,347 0 7 0.00% 14.2% 58.2%
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) 177,509 0 1 0.00% 14.0% 58.5%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 73,217 3,379 1 0.00% 12.0% 61.1%
Acetophenone 6,013 0 1 0.00% 21.5% 62.0%
Propylene 419,096 0 1 0.00% 12.5% 60.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 7,212 60 1 0.00% 11.7% 61.0%
Ethylene glycol 15,232 269 1 0.00% 18.7% 58.2%
Vinyl acetate 31,839 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 58.3%
Ethylene 478,812 24,428 0 0.00% 12.8% 60.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,595 0 0 0.00% 12.4% 59.4%
Hydroquinone 3 0 0 0.00% 13.9% 57.9%
Hydrogen sulfide 20 0 0 0.00% 11.7% 61.5%
Dicyclopentadiene 2 0 0 0.00% 9.9% 59.9%
Toluene 12,223 2 0 0.00% 11.9% 61.1%
Chloroethane 2,242 0 0 0.00% 23.3% 69.1%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,338 142,752 0 0.00% 21.5% 61.9%
Styrene 1,124 0 0 0.00% 11.5% 59.7%
Zinc compounds 9 0 0 0.00% 11.8% 61.6%
Methanol 6,068 73 0 0.00% 13.7% 58.8%
Chlorobenzene 10 451,935 0 0.00% 22.9% 67.5%
Cyclohexane 243 0 0 0.00% 13.6% 58.8%
Pentachloroethane 0 673,064 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 936 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 0 173,873 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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