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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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	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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