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

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.