BASF
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Chemical Air releases (lbs) Incineration transfers (lbs) Toxic Score Percent of total company score EJ: Poor Share EJ: Minority Share
Ethylene oxide 9,569 0 3,439,090 68.92% 14.3% 43.1%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 1,737 0 1,172,109 23.49% 18.9% 28.6%
1,3-Butadiene 23,036 0 64,610 1.29% 16.0% 44.6%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) (Toluenediamine) 2,478 3,090 52,895 1.06% 9.4% 41.3%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 904 192,385 46,115 0.92% 13.5% 24.4%
Acrylonitrile 3,772 768 45,951 0.92% 15.6% 39.3%
Nickel compounds 2,115 0 32,286 0.65% 18.0% 25.2%
Diisocyanates 1,173 22,362 23,406 0.47% 16.9% 41.2%
Chloroform 10,600 18,190 21,878 0.44% 14.4% 46.9%
Benzene 22,741 25 18,714 0.38% 18.8% 59.6%
Formaldehyde 12,678 394 15,025 0.30% 13.9% 46.5%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1,307 1,250 11,978 0.24% 9.8% 41.6%
Propylene oxide 20,781 0 10,953 0.22% 16.2% 42.7%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 17 269,413 5,596 0.11% 24.1% 69.1%
Cobalt compounds 6 0 5,388 0.11% 17.5% 28.4%
1,2-Dichloroethane 7,042 8,931 3,803 0.08% 13.0% 10.9%
Nitrobenzene 2,422 505 3,606 0.07% 13.4% 45.3%
Chlorine 7,334 0 2,955 0.06% 12.9% 33.0%
o-Toluidine 640 24,390 2,613 0.05% 19.4% 59.7%
Acrylic acid 14,584 6,540 2,018 0.04% 11.5% 57.8%
Acrolein 330 0 1,746 0.03% 10.3% 60.9%
Acrylamide 78 87 1,557 0.03% 8.6% 20.5%
Butyl acrylate 8,135 8,188 1,553 0.03% 11.2% 58.6%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,250 19,516 1,317 0.03% 15.3% 48.9%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 6,686 0 593 0.01% 7.3% 43.1%
Aniline 5,240 31,609 330 0.01% 11.9% 43.7%
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) 3,528,243 223 308 0.01% 18.1% 49.1%
Hydrogen cyanide 2,467 0 262 0.01% 15.0% 47.0%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 2,610 0 240 0.00% 18.6% 29.0%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 6,638 0 185 0.00% 15.7% 16.0%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 50,004 0 172 0.00% 15.2% 42.4%
Ethylbenzene 21,702 5 131 0.00% 17.3% 46.4%
Chloromethane 3,161 0 91 0.00% 7.5% 43.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 11 0 85 0.00% 19.3% 58.9%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 547 0 82 0.00% 16.5% 32.0%
Naphthalene 315 305 74 0.00% 14.7% 45.9%
Isobutyraldehyde 5,922 221,420 62 0.00% 18.3% 79.4%
Nitric acid 12,421 196 57 0.00% 13.6% 40.9%
Vinyl chloride 278 126 48 0.00% 12.9% 10.8%
Biphenyl 1,870 20 40 0.00% 10.2% 59.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 134,307 679 29 0.00% 16.2% 48.2%
Manganese 90 0 26 0.00% 10.2% 58.0%
Barium 57 0 25 0.00% 18.7% 28.3%
Maleic anhydride 146 0 23 0.00% 10.3% 60.5%
Ethylene glycol 15,796 5,839 22 0.00% 16.5% 42.1%
Triethylamine 2,324 854 15 0.00% 12.8% 43.6%
Molybdenum trioxide 10 15,831 13 0.00% 21.4% 28.4%
Manganese compounds 28 0 11 0.00% 16.7% 23.8%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 39,797 83,818 11 0.00% 11.4% 57.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 6,324 0 10 0.00% 15.2% 19.7%
Lead compounds 34 0 9 0.00% 18.2% 23.0%
Certain glycol ethers 1,652 2,301 9 0.00% 13.5% 16.1%
Phosgene 27 0 8 0.00% 13.6% 45.8%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 72,066 1,596,082 6 0.00% 21.1% 61.7%
Methyl acrylate 12,255 0 6 0.00% 17.1% 46.7%
Propylene 180,312 0 6 0.00% 19.0% 60.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 5 0.00% 10.5% 53.5%
Ethyl acrylate 362 1,293 5 0.00% 18.0% 33.7%
o-Xylene 18,911 6 4 0.00% 13.1% 11.0%
Methyl methacrylate 5,141 7,127 3 0.00% 17.3% 40.1%
Ethylene 175,494 0 3 0.00% 20.0% 59.7%
Acetaldehyde 15 0 3 0.00% 14.3% 30.6%
Styrene 9,758 35,244 3 0.00% 16.1% 32.2%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 833 0 2 0.00% 26.5% 80.5%
Chlorothalonil 18 0 2 0.00% 26.3% 45.1%
Propargyl alcohol 175 0 2 0.00% 12.3% 44.5%
Vanadium compounds 2 0 2 0.00% 20.1% 37.9%
Chlorobenzene 21,200 21,330 2 0.00% 13.4% 45.7%
Bromine 122 0 1 0.00% 12.9% 10.8%
Toluene 42,355 1,222,306 1 0.00% 18.4% 53.4%
Methanol 242,302 35,106 1 0.00% 16.7% 45.1%
Zinc compounds 443 0 1 0.00% 15.7% 32.4%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 754 2,975 1 0.00% 15.5% 20.2%
Vinyl acetate 799 16 1 0.00% 8.1% 12.1%
Bromomethane (Methyl bromide) 91 0 0 0.00% 13.0% 10.8%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 500 0 0 0.00% 15.0% 6.9%
Formic acid 21,802 192,330 0 0.00% 15.0% 47.4%
Cumene 1,010 0 0 0.00% 13.8% 8.5%
Cyanide compounds 10 0 0 0.00% 13.2% 11.1%
Cyclohexane 23,274 118 0 0.00% 10.7% 58.0%
Phthalic anhydride 37 0 0 0.00% 10.2% 58.0%
Phenol 314 180 0 0.00% 14.4% 16.8%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 22,713 7,150 0 0.00% 14.3% 35.2%
Acetonitrile 152 4,920 0 0.00% 13.0% 10.9%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 2,087 1,616 0 0.00% 14.0% 9.0%
Silver compounds 10 0 0 0.00% 20.1% 23.6%
Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 18.1% 22.4%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 3 6,350 0 0.00% 9.5% 47.4%
Dicamba 601 0 0 0.00% 15.0% 57.7%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 7,920 0 0 0.00% 12.7% 45.0%
Pendimethalin 284 188,207 0 0.00% 12.9% 10.8%
Sodium dicamba 398 0 0 0.00% 15.0% 57.7%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 114 0 0 0.00% 20.5% 43.7%
Chloroethane 562 0 0 0.00% 13.8% 35.2%
Propiconazole 18 0 0 0.00% 27.2% 45.9%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 19 0 0 0.00% 12.9% 39.8%
Dimethyl sulfate 10 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyclohexanol 698 17 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Butyraldehyde 12,966 1,040 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 5,712 1,790 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate 945 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Lithium carbonate 7 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 5,822 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 46 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Chlorophenols 0 298,441 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes .
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