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Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index (2019 Report, Based on 2017 Data)

(Click on column headers to re-sort table: current sort is by Pounds Released to Air.)
71 International Paper 305,425 39.94 <0.01 20% 39% 18%
17 Koch Industries 1,979,121 29.25 1.96 20% 44% 43%
75 Archer Daniels Midland 284,629 11.10 <0.01 16% 20% 58%
19 Exxon Mobil 1,866,932 8.39 1.10 24% 69% 21%
4 DowDuPont 12,099,913 7.80 12.59 20% 39% 35%
3 LyondellBasell 13,566,257 5.76 3.45 17% 67% 70%
8 Eastman Chemical 4,786,673 5.41 0.47 21% 48% 76%
85 Graphic Packaging 246,689 5.02 32% 42% 81%
7 BASF 6,174,596 4.87 6.85 18% 42% 70%
36 Valero Energy 885,925 4.77 0.07 21% 66% 20%
27 Phillips 66 1,330,294 4.57 0.01 18% 61% 28%
33 Marathon Petroleum 1,023,497 4.57 0.07 20% 59% 41%
93 Cargill 206,123 3.93 0.01 16% 27% 58%
26 Freeport-McMoRan 1,387,221 3.83 <0.01 26% 56% 97%
34 General Motors 958,296 3.36 0.02 16% 22% 85%
9 Royal Dutch Shell 4,029,725 3.33 1.79 17% 51% 56%
47 Westlake Chemical 634,732 3.21 0.78 16% 32% 46%
40 Chevron 807,162 2.52 0.06 20% 76% 68%
56 American Electric Power 489,025 2.39 14% 9% 43%
13 Berkshire Hathaway 3,225,154 2.37 1.07 18% 36% 24%
39 PBF Energy 811,760 2.05 0.01 18% 64% 58%
67 3M Company 340,706 1.98 8.83 16% 48% 46%
18 Ashland Inc. 1,948,731 1.71 0.37 20% 55% 73%
43 United States Steel 729,304 1.64 4.20 24% 57% 66%
11 General Electric 3,510,955 1.63 0.03 24% 42% 46%
100 HollyFrontier 165,897 1.56 <0.01 17% 30% 38%
60 Formosa Plastics 397,561 1.31 15.72 22% 67% 65%
74 DTE Energy 291,204 1.23 <0.01 28% 51% 96%
62 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 368,213 1.14 <0.01 22% 74% 65%
1 Huntsman 25,585,371 1.09 10.71 16% 43% 73%
38 ArcelorMittal 842,000 1.07 0.11 28% 59% 31%
78 BP 268,416 0.98 0.01 16% 35% 59%
70 Owens Corning 307,488 0.98 <0.01 19% 42% 18%
95 Nissan Motor Company 189,485 0.91 0.01 10% 30% 94%
58 Total S.A. 450,096 0.81 <0.01 24% 52% 94%
5 Celanese 9,853,639 0.80 11.14 16% 60% 100%
68 Trinity Industries 319,430 0.78 19% 40% 38%
92 Saint-Gobain 211,413 0.73 0.08 15% 32% 60%
23 Kennametal 1,524,079 0.72 15% 24% 70%
25 Occidental Petroleum 1,480,780 0.71 4.35 19% 67% 31%
53 Ingredion 528,219 0.64 <0.01 16% 37% 55%
49 Allegheny Technologies 587,815 0.50 0.03 13% 11% 35%
76 HeidelbergCement 283,360 0.49 9% 28% 78%
30 Albemarle 1,149,571 0.49 1.77 18% 67% 94%
77 Shin-Etsu Chemical 282,265 0.46 <0.01 20% 54% 62%
97 Apollo Global Management 186,494 0.44 0.07 19% 32% 25%
72 Carlyle Group 305,028 0.40 0.01 16% 50% 49%
14 Arconic 2,724,604 0.39 <0.01 20% 50% 42%
83 Bayer 253,865 0.37 2.23 17% 28% 73%
28 Nucor 1,248,046 0.36 30% 66% 73%
15 Daikin 2,512,425 0.32 0.69 15% 61% 88%
35 Stepan 902,404 0.31 1.80 11% 39% 77%
2 Boeing 19,887,117 0.28 0.02 17% 35% 100%
61 Huntington Ingalls Industries 374,187 0.28 0.04 24% 67% 88%
90 Olin 214,431 0.27 1.52 22% 63% 65%
37 Praxair 857,700 0.27 <0.01 24% 47% 99%
6 Mitsui 6,287,446 0.27 <0.01 24% 63% 100%
89 ChemChina 223,878 0.25 0.54 25% 81% 98%
91 PPG Industries 213,728 0.22 0.18 15% 22% 70%
45 Continental AG 646,231 0.21 <0.01 18% 66% 99%
94 AK Steel 197,877 0.21 0.02 20% 23% 36%
10 Oshkosh Corp. 3,867,689 0.19 18% 11% 100%
32 Ametek 1,096,436 0.18 8% 28% 96%
55 Deere 510,001 0.17 <0.01 22% 34% 82%
16 Becton Dickinson 2,103,784 0.17 <0.01 20% 57% 40%
88 Leggett & Platt 229,527 0.16 <0.01 9% 35% 96%
98 Pemex 182,123 0.14 <0.01 18% 68% 100%
21 Whirlpool 1,714,376 0.13 19% 14% 44%
31 Veolia Environnement 1,107,823 0.12 3.95 32% 63% 94%
86 ABB Ltd. 239,992 0.10 0.01 14% 21% 90%
20 Rio Tinto 1,764,907 0.10 10% 29% 83%
79 Ecolab 265,619 0.09 1.99 16% 71% 57%
42 Baxter International 799,016 0.08 12% 5% 100%
99 Parker-Hannifin 172,790 0.07 <0.01 16% 24% 69%
24 Northrop Grumman 1,513,471 0.07 0.08 20% 15% 99%
81 Caterpillar 256,264 0.07 0.01 12% 42% 59%
41 United Technologies 799,155 0.06 <0.01 11% 25% 59%
22 National Oilwell Varco 1,656,218 0.06 16% 56% 48%
73 Henkel 291,938 0.05 0.06 26% 51% 68%
48 Tenneco 603,508 0.05 0.01 16% 28% 36%
12 TMS International 3,285,626 0.04 29% 74% 53%
82 Johnson & Johnson 254,038 0.04 0.04 13% 47% 70%
66 Targa Resources 351,290 0.04 <0.01 23% 86% 100%
69 Eaton 307,901 0.03 <0.01 11% 31% 63%
87 Compass Group 238,459 0.02 11% 26% 100%
52 Medtronic 540,563 0.02 0.07 14% 46% 100%
84 Medline Industries 250,719 0.02 13% 46% 73%
57 Carpenter Company 478,930 0.02 0.10 20% 61% 70%
54 Lockheed Martin 521,882 0.01 0.01 25% 75% 100%
51 O'Neal Industries 548,532 0.01 24% 55% 96%
29 Lincoln Electric Holdings 1,188,497 0.01 <0.01 14% 71% 100%
65 Komatsu 353,087 0.01 24% 59% 61%
64 Cardinal Health 355,693 <0.01 29% 64% 100%
63 Colfax 356,881 <0.01 <0.01 31% 9% 99%
50 Edwards Lifesciences 559,590 <0.01 52% 97% 100%
96 Schlumberger 189,054 <0.01 0.11 25% 75% 88%
44 Robert Bosch 657,228 <0.01 11% 31% 98%
46 Emerson Electric 643,976 <0.01 11% 36% 40%
80 SPX FLOW 260,254 <0.01 12% 47% 64%
59 TechnipFMC 420,463 <0.01 20% 74% 100%

Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes).

This edition of the Toxic 100 Air ranks companies by comparative chronic human health risk from air pollutants directly released or transferred to incinerators (and not destroyed) from large facilities in the US in 2017.

RSEI score: Estimated population chronic health human health risk from air releases and incineration transfers reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for the 2017 Reporting Year, as computed by the US EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI ver. 2.3.7) from quantity released, toxicity of chemicals, and population exposure. Data are adjusted by the Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP) for subsequent revisions to TRI data, including where available revisions to the share of hexavalent chromium in chromium releases.
Source: US EPA and Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP).

Quantity of toxic air releases and incineration transfers: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released to the air on-site or transferred offsite for incineration in the TRI 2017 Reporting Year, without adjustment for toxicity or population exposure.  
Source: US EPA.

Environmental Justice (EJ): Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the total population health risk borne by people living below the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 13 percent live below the poverty line and 39 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups.  
Sources: US EPA, US Census, and CTIP.

Coverage: This table presents the RSEI Hazard score companies that appear on the Forbes World's Largest Public Companies list (2018, first 500 companies only), the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies list (2018 ranking), the Fortune 500 list (FY 2017-2018), the Fortune Global 500 (FY 2017-2018), or the S&P 500 as of 2/1/2019.  Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of late 2018.  
Source: CTIP.

The links from each parent name lead to an application that gives detailed facility and chemical information about the company. You can also search for companies not on the Toxic 100 Air. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.