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

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.