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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100: 13
Rank among all TRI companies: 24
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 2,238,139
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 550,294
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 2,726,538
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.8%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 31%

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This company is rank 49 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Cobalt 1,974 0 1,053,089 38.62% 18.6% 22.5%
Chromium 5,030 0 779,126 28.58% 12.9% 40.0%
Nickel 15,360 0 414,029 15.19% 22.1% 21.7%
Acrylonitrile 5,404 125,321 111,762 4.10% 16.6% 66.8%
Formaldehyde 136,807 24,349 84,740 3.11% 16.0% 34.9%
Chromium compounds 14,850 0 57,825 2.12% 15.3% 28.1%
Hydrazine 39 0 54,155 1.99% 13.2% 53.7%
Nickel compounds 4,712 0 43,347 1.59% 22.4% 14.7%
Cobalt compounds 382 0 43,233 1.59% 16.9% 13.9%
Manganese compounds 52,980 0 17,126 0.63% 17.8% 23.6%
Diisocyanates 378 10,209 16,457 0.60% 13.0% 35.2%
1,3-Butadiene 1,649 0 15,971 0.59% 17.8% 69.6%
Propylene oxide 6,148 0 13,063 0.48% 18.2% 70.9%
Chlorine 2,407 0 4,943 0.18% 18.7% 63.6%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 80,917 0 4,490 0.16% 12.2% 26.5%
Vinyl chloride 640 0 2,298 0.08% 25.7% 59.6%
Antimony compounds 671 0 1,497 0.05% 11.2% 39.7%
Butyl acrylate 3,621 988 1,243 0.05% 17.5% 61.0%
Hydrogen fluoride 447,654 0 1,231 0.05% 19.8% 41.7%
Barium compounds 73,898 0 1,225 0.04% 14.8% 25.9%
Maleic anhydride 1,366 0 1,098 0.04% 18.0% 70.8%
Lead compounds 2,663 0 1,053 0.04% 12.1% 38.4%
Manganese 769 0 500 0.02% 18.0% 55.2%
Hydrochloric acid 189,318 0 461 0.02% 15.9% 50.7%
Hydrogen sulfide 1,531 0 425 0.02% 18.2% 70.6%
Acrylamide 10 12 325 0.01% 15.2% 40.3%
Benzene 1,495 0 321 0.01% 16.2% 7.9%
Acrylic acid 5,285 8,674 291 0.01% 14.3% 13.9%
Sulfuric acid 225,084 0 190 0.01% 21.9% 14.9%
Copper compounds 8,463 0 158 0.01% 18.5% 14.9%
Ethylbenzene 1,508 743 146 0.01% 15.4% 45.5%
Nitric acid 15,610 0 134 0.00% 23.7% 21.3%
Arsenic compounds 144 0 119 0.00% 17.8% 42.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 2,780 0 93 0.00% 17.7% 9.9%
Copper 2,037 0 73 0.00% 22.4% 20.2%
Ammonia 615,390 0 54 0.00% 16.2% 48.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 32,782 19,663 39 0.00% 13.9% 37.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 31 0 31 0.00% 16.8% 28.8%
Ozone 11,570 0 25 0.00% 12.6% 41.5%
Zinc compounds 11,707 0 25 0.00% 17.6% 43.8%
Lead 60 0 14 0.00% 18.3% 37.9%
Ethyl acrylate 1,997 745 12 0.00% 12.2% 22.5%
Naphthalene 120 0 12 0.00% 15.3% 38.1%
Carbonyl sulfide 690 0 10 0.00% 16.4% 60.6%
Cyanide compounds 30 2 9 0.00% 14.1% 41.2%
Glycol Ethers 390 12,587 9 0.00% 15.4% 27.7%
n-Butyl alcohol 8,002 0 7 0.00% 16.2% 65.7%
Phenol 3,112 25 6 0.00% 13.8% 59.3%
Vinyl acetate 11,491 1 5 0.00% 17.6% 17.8%
Toluene 65,969 5,538 5 0.00% 15.3% 59.6%
Ethylene glycol 3,572 0 5 0.00% 17.9% 68.6%
Zinc 730 0 4 0.00% 21.7% 47.7%
1,2-Butylene oxide 500 0 4 0.00% 24.1% 35.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 878 1,315 3 0.00% 17.7% 26.8%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 1,821 0 3 0.00% 13.5% 54.3%
Mercury compounds 341 0 3 0.00% 14.7% 30.3%
Vanadium compounds 2,337 0 3 0.00% 17.6% 10.0%
Triethylamine 199 0 2 0.00% 10.0% 16.7%
Allyl chloride 101 3,773 2 0.00% 16.1% 7.6%
Sodium nitrite 14,093 0 2 0.00% 14.6% 10.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1 0.00% 15.0% 31.0%
Methyl methacrylate 5,440 568 1 0.00% 13.8% 18.4%
Methanol 64,764 257,465 1 0.00% 17.3% 58.9%
Mercury 1 0 1 0.00% 15.3% 31.6%
tert-Butyl alcohol 3,759 57,075 1 0.00% 15.9% 23.7%
Methyl acrylate 32 0 1 0.00% 25.8% 60.4%
Diethanolamine 7 5 1 0.00% 17.5% 31.2%
Vinylidene chloride 152 0 0 0.00% 26.2% 61.3%
Allyl alcohol 6 5,030 0 0.00% 15.8% 8.9%
Styrene 858 690 0 0.00% 14.9% 52.0%
Diphenylamine 121 0 0 0.00% 11.2% 51.2%
Carbon disulfide 131 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 34.4%
Cumene 76 0 0 0.00% 15.9% 33.9%
Cyclohexane 10,950 3,569 0 0.00% 16.2% 7.7%
Acetophenone 0 4,535 0 0.00% 12.8% 21.3%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 59 0 0 0.00% 16.1% 34.7%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 0 0.00% 14.8% 13.2%
1-Bromopropane 50,258 7,400 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 12 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 7 10 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 9 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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