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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