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Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 16
Rank among all TRI companies: 25
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 814,330
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 3,343,349
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 2,847,952
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.8%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%

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This company is rank 81 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse 100 Polluters database.

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Diisocyanates 56,134 81,878 2,464,729 86.54% 15.7% 41.2%
Trichloroethylene 121,111 44,803 272,040 9.55% 15.9% 21.6%
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.) 237 0 83,450 2.93% 11.5% 22.7%
Cobalt compounds 5 0 7,308 0.26% 10.3% 16.0%
Butyl acrylate 31,148 8,513 6,541 0.23% 11.0% 31.8%
Allyl alcohol 911 228 3,944 0.14% 16.4% 21.1%
Acrylic acid 10,201 3 2,177 0.08% 10.7% 29.3%
Formaldehyde 262 8 1,733 0.06% 22.8% 36.2%
Certain glycol ethers 136,180 188,334 1,608 0.06% 11.4% 31.5%
Naphthalene 1,530 5,911 1,034 0.04% 10.5% 28.7%
Ethylbenzene 14,716 240,688 974 0.03% 13.9% 37.9%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 336 3,010 557 0.02% 17.7% 23.2%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 24 0 513 0.02% 24.4% 63.6%
Chromium 1 0 371 0.01% 16.4% 30.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 64,337 1,332,679 177 0.01% 13.3% 38.3%
Nickel compounds 12 0 163 0.01% 12.9% 32.0%
Chlorine 38 0 110 0.00% 15.2% 23.6%
Manganese compounds 150 0 103 0.00% 19.6% 60.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 18,268 1,066 89 0.00% 16.2% 35.7%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 85,990 181,644 61 0.00% 12.6% 33.2%
Acrylonitrile 2 0 49 0.00% 6.2% 19.0%
Ethyl acrylate 11,624 1,151 46 0.00% 11.3% 30.4%
Phthalic anhydride 3,243 0 39 0.00% 11.1% 32.0%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 201 0 21 0.00% 20.3% 54.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 26,006 0 21 0.00% 9.8% 28.6%
Methyl methacrylate 63,257 45,217 18 0.00% 11.5% 32.7%
Acrylamide 0 0 15 0.00% 6.1% 18.8%
Zinc compounds 1,024 0 12 0.00% 16.6% 50.8%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 44 3,100 10 0.00% 18.9% 70.4%
Maleic anhydride 55 0 8 0.00% 17.0% 27.5%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 229 0 6 0.00% 15.7% 22.0%
Nitric acid 637 0 4 0.00% 15.7% 32.8%
Styrene 24,963 16,177 4 0.00% 10.1% 29.1%
Toluene 42,729 504,715 4 0.00% 12.9% 39.1%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 42,446 597,167 3 0.00% 10.9% 31.6%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 2 0 3 0.00% 17.7% 23.1%
Antimony compounds 5 0 3 0.00% 10.6% 15.3%
Ethylene glycol 2,133 17 2 0.00% 13.9% 67.6%
Lead compounds 1 0 1 0.00% 15.5% 46.6%
Phosgene 0 20 1 0.00% 14.6% 25.2%
Methanol 37,078 82,765 1 0.00% 17.7% 57.1%
Barium 3 0 1 0.00% 16.4% 30.7%
Cyclohexane 5,424 0 0 0.00% 13.4% 54.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 9 2,664 0 0.00% 16.4% 30.7%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 1,500 0 0 0.00% 18.5% 52.0%
Diethanolamine 1 0 0 0.00% 5.4% 17.7%
Lead 0 0 0 0.00% 14.9% 49.6%
Cumene 49 1,361 0 0.00% 10.8% 15.2%
Sodium nitrite 4 24 0 0.00% 19.7% 60.2%
Mercury 0 0 0 0.00% 9.2% 21.1%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 917 170 0 0.00% 11.6% 32.6%
Formic acid 40 0 0 0.00% 6.2% 19.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 15 0 0 0.00% 16.2% 64.6%
Dimethyl phthalate 2,167 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 5,429 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0 8 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 1,364 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 133 30 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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