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

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.