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