Berkshire Hathaway
Rank in Toxic 100: 13
Rank among all TRI companies: 28
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 2,371,465
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 1,065,615
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 3,225,154
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.8%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 36%
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This company is rank 24 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
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Cobalt
1,555
0
948,860
29.42%
19.7%
24.4%
Chromium
4,396
0
783,785
24.30%
16.6%
36.2%
Acrylonitrile
17,912
2,474
550,989
17.08%
15.3%
61.4%
Nickel
13,161
0
506,401
15.70%
22.9%
25.8%
Hydrazine
85
1,347
114,683
3.56%
13.2%
53.8%
Formaldehyde
129,617
662
83,883
2.60%
17.3%
41.4%
Chromium compounds
3,213
0
62,941
1.95%
15.3%
28.3%
Nickel compounds
4,922
0
57,771
1.79%
25.2%
14.6%
Cobalt compounds
296
0
33,520
1.04%
16.8%
13.8%
Manganese compounds
25,039
0
16,371
0.51%
18.2%
23.0%
1,3-Butadiene
1,649
0
15,893
0.49%
18.3%
68.6%
Propylene oxide
6,083
0
12,805
0.40%
18.8%
70.1%
Benzyl chloride
837
2,501
9,435
0.29%
20.1%
82.2%
Chlorine
2,631
0
5,955
0.18%
18.4%
60.6%
Diisocyanates
222
18,822
5,757
0.18%
18.9%
41.6%
Vinyl chloride
580
0
2,182
0.07%
24.3%
59.3%
Naphthalene
28,440
95
1,736
0.05%
22.6%
13.5%
Antimony compounds
716
0
1,489
0.05%
11.3%
39.1%
Hydrogen fluoride
401,643
0
1,378
0.04%
23.5%
47.6%
Butyl acrylate
3,733
1,649
1,244
0.04%
17.8%
59.7%
Maleic anhydride
1,365
0
1,084
0.03%
18.6%
69.8%
Lead compounds
2,626
0
1,067
0.03%
12.7%
38.9%
Barium compounds
43,205
0
959
0.03%
14.2%
24.1%
Diethyl sulfate
9
0
695
0.02%
20.1%
82.1%
Manganese
619
0
568
0.02%
18.5%
54.3%
Hydrochloric acid
220,920
0
503
0.02%
16.9%
50.9%
Hydrogen sulfide
1,605
0
451
0.01%
18.8%
70.2%
Benzene
2,486
0
420
0.01%
15.9%
8.7%
Ethylbenzene
41,280
159
336
0.01%
19.4%
28.5%
Acrylamide
10
18
325
0.01%
15.9%
39.8%
Acrylic acid
6,856
2,872
321
0.01%
13.1%
9.9%
Sulfuric acid
159,483
0
178
0.01%
24.4%
15.5%
Carbonyl sulfide
730
0
161
0.00%
15.9%
56.9%
Copper compounds
8,277
0
155
0.00%
15.2%
15.4%
Zinc compounds
16,807
0
103
0.00%
16.7%
36.7%
Nitric acid
8,593
3,014
101
0.00%
23.6%
24.7%
Arsenic compounds
124
0
98
0.00%
18.2%
42.3%
Copper
1,831
0
92
0.00%
23.9%
31.5%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
2,290
0
76
0.00%
16.5%
9.9%
Ammonia
649,511
0
71
0.00%
16.5%
44.1%
Glycol Ethers
54,992
6,135
68
0.00%
21.1%
23.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
198,001
3,572
54
0.00%
19.7%
24.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
30
0
30
0.00%
17.0%
29.7%
Ozone
12,094
0
26
0.00%
12.7%
40.8%
n-Butyl alcohol
21,028
102
24
0.00%
14.7%
54.7%
Cyanide compounds
54
1
19
0.00%
14.2%
40.3%
Lead
62
0
18
0.00%
17.1%
38.4%
Ethyl acrylate
2,307
7,659
15
0.00%
12.5%
26.2%
Allyl chloride
397
4,461
7
0.00%
15.9%
8.7%
Toluene
79,622
7,482
6
0.00%
15.6%
56.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,255
445
6
0.00%
17.3%
30.5%
Phenol
3,097
0
6
0.00%
14.1%
58.2%
Vinyl acetate
11,459
3
5
0.00%
18.8%
18.0%
Zinc
730
0
4
0.00%
24.3%
44.0%
Ethylene glycol
3,363
0
4
0.00%
18.7%
70.1%
Mercury compounds
358
0
4
0.00%
15.4%
30.1%
1,2-Butylene oxide
500
0
4
0.00%
24.5%
31.9%
Vanadium compounds
2,236
0
2
0.00%
16.5%
9.7%
tert-Butyl alcohol
4,347
79,980
2
0.00%
11.4%
18.1%
Methanol
77,937
251,506
1
0.00%
18.1%
61.7%
Allyl alcohol
27
5,948
1
0.00%
16.0%
9.2%
Sodium nitrite
9,481
0
1
0.00%
14.8%
9.8%
Methyl methacrylate
5,847
2,275
1
0.00%
13.6%
18.2%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,093
0
1
0.00%
14.5%
28.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1
0.00%
15.5%
30.5%
Diethanolamine
13
0
1
0.00%
17.5%
31.8%
Methyl acrylate
37
0
1
0.00%
24.4%
60.4%
Mercury
4
0
1
0.00%
15.5%
30.9%
Vinylidene chloride
104
0
0
0.00%
24.6%
60.9%
Styrene
912
2,308
0
0.00%
15.1%
49.9%
Diphenylamine
121
640,306
0
0.00%
11.2%
50.6%
Cumene
151
0
0
0.00%
16.2%
34.0%
Carbon disulfide
111
0
0
0.00%
16.3%
34.1%
Cyclohexane
16,170
3,569
0
0.00%
15.8%
8.3%
Acetophenone
0
3,370
0
0.00%
12.5%
20.8%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
0
0
0
0.00%
14.7%
13.2%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
8
0
0
0.00%
18.9%
9.9%
1-Bromopropane
48,131
12,414
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
17
450
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
7
18
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol
6
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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