Merck KGaA (EMD)

Rank among all TRI companies: 415
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 59,611
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 443,439
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 58,512
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 44%

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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
Arsenic compounds	98	0	31,037	53.04%	11.9%	37.3%
Chloroform	1,705	23,993	27,170	46.43%	18.9%	51.0%
Acetonitrile	4,916	111,722	83	0.14%	15.2%	39.9%
Pyridine	182	13,895	75	0.13%	16.4%	36.0%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	27,836	157,704	49	0.08%	14.3%	34.4%
Certain glycol ethers	1,683	0	36	0.06%	22.7%	76.6%
Acetaldehyde	189	3,780	30	0.05%	8.5%	20.8%
Triethylamine	185	0	10	0.02%	20.5%	57.6%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	3,502	0	7	0.01%	8.6%	20.8%
1,4-Dioxane	12	1,760	4	0.01%	8.5%	20.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	1,035	0	4	0.01%	13.3%	21.7%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	426	0	3	0.00%	13.6%	21.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	998	590	2	0.00%	16.4%	36.1%
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)	3,587	0	1	0.00%	16.5%	34.4%
Phosphine	1	0	0	0.00%	13.9%	20.2%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	15	1,124	0	0.00%	9.0%	47.5%
Methanol	9,226	44,890	0	0.00%	20.2%	52.0%
Copper	5	0	0	0.00%	14.3%	20.3%
Lead compounds	0	0	0	0.00%	19.6%	56.6%
Toluene	1,977	28,402	0	0.00%	14.0%	29.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	5	45,538	0	0.00%	16.5%	36.4%
Nitric acid	6	0	0	0.00%	12.9%	47.8%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	18	5,263	0	0.00%	8.5%	20.8%
Mercury compounds	0	0	0	0.00%	19.6%	56.6%
Ethylene glycol	42	0	0	0.00%	17.8%	40.5%
Fluorine	7	0	0	0.00%	13.9%	20.2%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	1,953	4,778	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
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	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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