Ecolab

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 77

Ecolab, previously ranked at number 67 among the Toxic 100 Air, has submitted data to the U.S. E.P.A. revising its 2022 TRI reporting of air emissions of Ethylne Oxide from its Nalco Fresno facility from 121. to 75.1 pounds. Based on the revision, Ecolab is ranked 77th on the Toxic 100 Air with a total toxic score of 271,079. The next edition of the Toxic 100 will reflect the most current information from the EPA, but the numbers displayed below do not reflect this revision since the revision was made after the 2022 Toxic 100 Air was released.

Rank among all TRI companies: 130
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 13,258
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 403,420
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 444,069
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 81%

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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
Ethylene oxide	122	0	439,415	98.95%	14.4%	80.6%
Acrylonitrile	390	0	1,564	0.35%	14.7%	49.7%
Naphthalene	230	83,248	618	0.14%	13.9%	80.5%
Propylene oxide	139	0	589	0.13%	14.4%	80.6%
Peracetic acid	291	5,712	462	0.10%	12.1%	77.7%
Hydroquinone	28	0	439	0.10%	13.9%	80.8%
Acrylamide	28	0	396	0.09%	14.5%	61.6%
Formaldehyde	65	39,039	178	0.04%	14.3%	74.2%
Acrylic acid	911	0	154	0.03%	10.9%	11.7%
Nitric acid	1,787	2,060	107	0.02%	12.0%	72.0%
Ethylbenzene	219	7,192	58	0.01%	14.3%	80.3%
Allyl chloride	458	130,423	22	0.01%	14.4%	49.0%
Certain glycol ethers	392	116	17	0.00%	13.4%	78.6%
Allyl alcohol	23	1,655	10	0.00%	14.5%	49.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	966	18,344	10	0.00%	14.1%	80.5%
Styrene	3,691	0	8	0.00%	28.1%	71.9%
Benzyl chloride	2	54	6	0.00%	14.4%	48.3%
Epichlorohydrin	54	0	4	0.00%	14.4%	48.1%
Maleic anhydride	38	100	4	0.00%	14.3%	51.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	212	48,926	3	0.00%	13.7%	81.0%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing)	2,013	11,004	2	0.00%	12.2%	55.5%
Vinyl acetate	218	0	1	0.00%	13.8%	80.9%
2-Phenylphenol	28	33	1	0.00%	13.0%	69.4%
Zinc compounds	18	0	1	0.00%	14.5%	80.1%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	13	0	0	0.00%	14.0%	80.7%
Formic acid	313	0	0	0.00%	12.3%	81.0%
Toluene	199	1,826	0	0.00%	14.2%	80.6%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	8	0	0	0.00%	14.2%	80.4%
Methanol	143	41,282	0	0.00%	14.2%	80.7%
Ethylene glycol	21	12,269	0	0.00%	11.7%	26.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	19	0	0	0.00%	14.4%	80.2%
1,2-Phenylenediamine	0	0	0	0.00%	15.9%	56.7%
Dimethylamine	17	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate	25	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	15	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Nonylphenol	116	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	48	136	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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