PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 29
Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 6,824
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 7,322
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 572,058,856
Percentage of national total 2018 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%

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This company is rank 63 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Dioxane	0	4,932	493,199,999	86.21%
Chromium compounds	423	0	71,910,001	12.57%
1,2-Dichloroethane	34	0	3,094,000	0.54%
Chloroform	295	0	1,799,500	0.31%
Vinyl chloride	1	0	1,500,000	0.26%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	291,809	0.05%
Copper compounds	175	0	262,500	0.05%
Zinc compounds	317	0	1,046	0.00%
Acetophenone	0	0	0	0.00%
Chlorobenzene	0	0	0	0.00%
Propylene (Propene)	0	0	0	0.00%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	5,579	2,390	0	0.00%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	0	0	0	0.00%
Ethylene	0	0	0	0.00%
Benzene	0	0	0	0.00%
Carbon tetrachloride	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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