PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Merck

Rank among all TRI companies: 2,720
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 25,921
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 48,446
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 38
EJ: Poor Share: 12%
EJ: Minority Share: 35%

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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
Acetonitrile	2,750	15,102	16	42.69%	12.5%	58.0%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	6,949	1,188	16	40.84%	10.5%	13.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	746	0	5	13.10%	12.4%	12.3%
Permethrin	0	1,786	1	1.84%	24.8%	71.2%
Toluene	2,338	8,555	0	0.66%	12.3%	52.6%
Ethylene glycol	637	0	0	0.50%	12.3%	12.3%
Methanol	12,501	18,087	0	0.37%	11.1%	32.0%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0	3,728	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.