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

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.