PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Westlake Chemical

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 66
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 235,179
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 11
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 124,152,249
EJ: Near Poor Share: 21%
EJ: Minority Share: 15%

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This company is rank 61 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 95 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
1,2-Dichloroethane	503	0	45,793,020	36.88%
Chloroform	4,303	0	26,248,117	21.14%
Chromium compounds	61	0	10,370,000	8.35%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	8,922,055	7.19%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	50	0	8,910,000	7.18%
Lead	450	0	8,100,000	6.52%
Lead compounds	201	0	3,618,000	2.91%
Benzene	51	0	2,777,500	2.24%
Hexachlorobenzene	1	0	2,224,000	1.79%
Copper compounds	1,387	0	2,080,500	1.68%
Carbon tetrachloride	23	0	1,610,000	1.30%
Vinyl chloride	1	0	1,500,000	1.21%
Trichloroethylene	160	0	736,000	0.59%
Copper	220	0	330,690	0.27%
Nickel	2,420	0	220,220	0.18%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	66	0	171,600	0.14%
Chlorine	16,702	0	167,017	0.13%
Nitrate compounds	165,854	0	104,488	0.08%
Mercury compounds	9	0	90,000	0.07%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether	0	0	55,000	0.04%
Manganese compounds	5,939	0	42,167	0.03%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	19	0	39,900	0.03%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	4	0	25,308	0.02%
Ethylbenzene	11	0	12,100	0.01%
Naphthalene	47	0	2,337	0.00%
1,2-Dichloroethylene	13	0	1,430	0.00%
Styrene	62	0	312	0.00%
Zinc compounds	79	0	261	0.00%
Toluene	15	0	195	0.00%
Methanol	0	11	11	0.00%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	22	0	8	0.00%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	12	0	6	0.00%
Phenol	1	0	3	0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	1	0	3	0.00%
Anthracene	1	0	2	0.00%
Phenanthrene	7	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	36,484	0	0	0.00%

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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