PERI: Toxic 100 Index

3M Company

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 92
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 749,601
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 181,645
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 38,977,503
EJ: Near Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 34%

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	581,275	0	366,204	0.94%
Sodium nitrite	157,455	0	1,574,551	4.04%
Formaldehyde	4,663	193	24,281	0.06%
Certain glycol ethers	2,441	0	439,380	1.13%
Methanol	1,338	157,709	159,047	0.41%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	1,183	0	0	0.00%
Triethylamine	348	0	174,000	0.45%
Phenol	210	3,061	10,795	0.03%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	169	113	1,410	0.00%
Lead compounds	146	2	2,658,438	6.82%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	78	11,809	594,349	1.52%
Zinc compounds	68	37	347	0.00%
Acrylic acid	67	104	342	0.00%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi	57	0	7,162,500	18.38%
Nickel compounds	38	0	3,458	0.01%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	22	19	61,500	0.16%
Perfluorooctanoic acid	9	0	0	0.00%
Toluene	7	0	95	0.00%
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid	6	0	0	0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone	6	0	82	0.00%
Catechol	6	0	54,000	0.14%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	4	0	7,600	0.02%
Ethylbenzene	2	0	2,200	0.01%
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid	1	0	0	0.00%
Methyl tert-butyl ether	1	0	56	0.00%
Mercury	0	0	1,000	0.00%
Mercury compounds	0	0	2,000	0.01%
Formic acid	0	293	146	0.00%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0	209	2,090	0.01%
Acetaldehyde	0	3,158	24,948,200	64.01%
Carbon disulfide	0	4,800	48,000	0.12%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0	3	0	0.00%
Nickel	0	6	546	0.00%
Chromium	0	4	680,000	1.74%
Manganese compounds	0	125	888	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 2020, 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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