PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Tyson Foods

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 56
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 16,379,973
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 1,423,800
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 16,450,827
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 122,589,666

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Post-treatment releases (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Peracetic acid	0	292,333	23,211	104,450,613	85.20%
Nitrate compounds	16,369,915	1,017,380	16,369,915	10,313,046	8.41%
Chromium compounds	13	0	13	6,500,000	5.30%
Hydrogen sulfide	708	20	709	1,276,074	1.04%
Sodium nitrite	6	3,737	3,674	36,739	0.03%
Glycol ethers	7	835	73	13,194	0.01%
Nitric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Sulfuric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	9,324	109,495	53,231	0	0.00%
Chromium	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Nickel	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Formaldehyde	0	0	0	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2017, 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.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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