PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Merck KGaA (EMD)

Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 173,494
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 203,165
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 573,484
EJ: Near Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Ethylene glycol	0	84,398	42,199	7.36%
Methanol	0	57,838	57,838	10.09%
Ammonia	47	52,908	0	0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0	6,606	0	0.00%
Glycol ethers	0	1,347	242,460	42.28%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0	39	3,627	0.63%
Dichloromethane	0	17	33,861	5.90%
Triethylamine	0	5	2,500	0.44%
Chloroform	0	5	30,500	5.32%
Toluene	0	2	26	0.00%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	0	0	12	0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride	309	0	7,730	1.35%
Selenium	1	0	122	0.02%
Phosphine	12	0	40,392	7.04%
Copper	2	0	3,150	0.55%
Nitrate compounds	173,122	0	109,067	19.02%

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

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 2019, 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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