PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index (2020 Report, Based on 2018 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
34	Edwards Lifesciences	901,404	<0.01		48%	96%	100%
84	Commercial Metals	246,684	0.06		31%	43%	65%
77	Graphic Packaging	264,011	7.35		30%	42%	79%
16	TMS International	2,157,246	0.03		29%	70%	53%
31	Freeport-McMoRan	1,255,205	4.19	<0.01	27%	58%	97%
40	ArcelorMittal	726,673	1.07	0.07	27%	61%	26%
85	Cardinal Health	242,307	<0.01		27%	62%	100%
50	O'Neal Industries	569,458	0.01		25%	56%	92%
14	Mitsui	2,673,498	0.12	0.01	25%	67%	100%
89	BAE Systems	228,432	0.02		24%	67%	62%
54	United States Steel	489,723	1.76	8.05	24%	53%	46%
93	Cleveland-Cliffs	213,674	0.24	0.07	24%	26%	34%
63	Formosa Plastics	364,055	1.42	6.94	24%	72%	84%
92	Henkel	217,184	0.04	0.06	24%	48%	72%
81	Trinity Industries	255,312	0.07		23%	40%	85%
22	Howmet Aerospace	1,780,490	0.10	0.05	23%	51%	35%
35	Linde	841,011	0.56	<0.01	23%	48%	99%
79	Huntington Ingalls Industries	257,207	0.15	0.07	23%	68%	88%
67	Targa Resources	332,436	0.04		23%	86%	100%
21	Exxon Mobil	1,798,756	8.32	0.26	22%	70%	24%
61	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	385,674	1.14	0.06	22%	76%	69%
60	Deere	406,676	0.18	<0.01	22%	37%	88%
71	Komatsu	308,225	0.02	<0.01	22%	56%	56%
100	Spirit Aerosystems Holdings	190,429	0.60		21%	46%	100%
33	Valero Energy	933,866	4.85	0.04	21%	64%	39%
32	Marathon Petroleum	1,132,246	4.55	0.14	20%	63%	46%
69	Husky Energy	309,570	0.50	<0.01	20%	29%	97%
9	Eastman Chemical	3,441,572	5.14	1.94	20%	44%	79%
82	International Paper	249,597	35.47	<0.01	20%	41%	19%
17	Ashland Inc.	1,963,782	1.60	0.08	20%	54%	72%
45	Pentair	642,355	0.02		20%	51%	100%
5	Dow Inc.	10,641,781	5.46	10.04	20%	42%	21%
4	BASF	11,936,031	5.26	8.29	20%	35%	44%
56	BP	461,943	1.08	0.02	20%	40%	65%
52	PBF Energy	516,711	1.99	0.01	19%	63%	53%
62	Nucor	376,403	0.58		19%	41%	34%
59	TechnipFMC	426,343	<0.01		19%	74%	100%
19	Albemarle	1,905,145	0.52	1.52	19%	73%	73%
30	Evonik Industries	1,289,893	0.81	2.67	19%	31%	50%
29	Akzo Nobel	1,354,130	0.15	0.13	19%	70%	62%
25	Becton Dickinson	1,498,073	0.20	<0.01	19%	53%	55%
18	Northrop Grumman	1,929,303	0.11	0.11	19%	15%	99%
95	Total S.A.	208,738	0.78	<0.01	18%	44%	90%
7	General Electric	3,954,355	1.31	0.06	18%	39%	33%
24	Koch Industries	1,550,053	28.85	1.89	18%	52%	42%
70	Owens Corning	308,462	0.98	<0.01	18%	44%	24%
28	Occidental Petroleum	1,385,291	0.65	8.68	18%	70%	44%
43	Emerson Electric	692,557	0.01		18%	40%	61%
39	Chevron	759,988	1.92	0.08	17%	74%	60%
36	Phillips 66	812,314	3.49	0.02	17%	57%	30%
42	Tenneco	696,148	0.05	<0.01	17%	34%	39%
1	LyondellBasell	29,231,718	5.29	3.15	17%	68%	82%
13	Berkshire Hathaway	2,726,538	2.24	0.55	17%	31%	24%
46	Carpenter Technology	631,906	0.04		17%	38%	80%
11	Ecolab	3,373,523	0.07	2.72	16%	79%	97%
64	Ingredion	346,872	0.65	<0.01	16%	47%	60%
15	Kubota	2,308,809	0.01		16%	43%	100%
49	Parker-Hannifin	603,876	0.19	<0.01	16%	22%	72%
74	Whirlpool	286,162	0.17		16%	14%	48%
10	Royal Dutch Shell	3,407,149	2.94	0.09	16%	52%	52%
73	Cornerstone Building Brands	296,125	0.23	0.01	16%	56%	40%
94	Oshkosh Corp.	210,931	0.10		16%	11%	99%
47	Westlake Chemical	618,653	3.15	0.92	16%	29%	36%
37	Solvay	798,653	0.80	2.91	16%	57%	36%
99	Carpenter Company	195,516	0.02	0.08	15%	64%	69%
75	Assa Abloy	283,354	0.16	<0.01	15%	45%	47%
2	Boeing	20,061,951	0.25	0.02	15%	35%	100%
78	Zimmer Biomet	262,031	<0.01		15%	54%	89%
3	Huntsman	14,244,096	0.45	6.78	15%	47%	57%
12	National Oilwell Varco	2,920,067	0.45		15%	56%	57%
6	Celanese	5,910,376	0.75	8.52	15%	59%	100%
90	Nutrien Ltd.	225,918	13.29	<0.01	15%	39%	65%
87	Sasol	229,726	0.43	0.08	15%	25%	100%
66	Medtronic	334,445	0.02	0.09	15%	48%	94%
58	PPG Industries	427,692	0.29	0.31	14%	34%	35%
91	Royal DSM	221,552	0.05	1.65	14%	22%	100%
41	Lincoln Electric Holdings	715,540	<0.01	<0.01	14%	72%	99%
55	American Electric Power	489,482	2.24		14%	9%	43%
53	Baxter International	500,792	0.03	0.19	14%	6%	100%
27	Daikin	1,435,413	0.31	45.60	14%	61%	78%
96	ABB Ltd.	207,646	0.11	0.01	14%	22%	87%
26	Kennametal	1,481,713	1.03		14%	26%	63%
20	SPX FLOW	1,877,825	0.01		14%	35%	99%
97	Asahi Kasei	200,235	0.88	<0.01	14%	19%	100%
44	Allegheny Technologies	647,460	0.35	0.02	13%	13%	40%
76	Johnson & Johnson	264,099	0.05	0.03	13%	46%	67%
98	Medline Industries	199,675	0.03		13%	51%	87%
72	Raytheon Technologies	302,461	0.07	<0.01	13%	31%	43%
51	Middleby	529,837	<0.01		12%	21%	92%
57	Carlyle Group	437,710	0.60	0.16	12%	39%	20%
38	Ametek	761,463	0.18		11%	35%	92%
86	Eaton	237,747	0.03	<0.01	11%	22%	82%
83	Compass Group	247,597	0.03		11%	27%	99%
8	Terumo	3,811,676	0.03	0.05	10%	32%	100%
65	American Industrial Partners	338,800	0.55		10%	10%	100%
48	Kingspan PLC	616,315	0.05		10%	18%	100%
23	Rio Tinto	1,664,647	0.11	<0.01	9%	30%	91%
68	Illinois Tool Works	330,279	0.14	0.20	9%	42%	71%
88	HeidelbergCement	228,673	0.50		9%	43%	46%
80	Leggett & Platt	255,501	0.11	<0.01	8%	36%	97%

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 2018.

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 2018 Reporting Year, as computed by the US EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI ver. 2.3.8) 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 2018 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 companies that appear on the Forbes World's Largest Public Companies 2020 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies 2019 ranking, the Fortune 500 list for 2020, the Fortune Global 500 for 2020, or the S&P 500 as of 8/22/2020. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of late 2020.
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.