PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Colgate-Palmolive

Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 308
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 591
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 3,019

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Glycol ethers	0	10	1,800	59.62%
Zinc compounds	4	248	832	27.55%
Nitrate compounds	304	187	309	10.25%
Ethylene glycol	0	136	68	2.25%
Methanol	0	10	10	0.33%
Ammonia	0	0	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2018, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

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