PERI: Toxic 100 Index

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

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Toxic 100 Air Rank	Corporation	Toxic score (pounds released x toxicity x population exposure)	Millions of pounds of toxic air releases	Millions of pounds of toxic incineration transfers	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	% of toxic score from a single facility
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.