PPG Industries
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 .
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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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