Berkshire Hathaway
Rank in Toxic 100: 14
Rank among all TRI companies: 26
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 2,305,743
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 546,375
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 2,985,197
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.9%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%
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This company is rank 17 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
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Chromium
5,345
0
1,323,621
44.34%
12.9%
49.2%
Cobalt
1,310
0
736,234
24.66%
15.1%
26.9%
Nickel
19,710
0
497,782
16.68%
20.3%
23.8%
Formaldehyde
126,346
1
80,886
2.71%
15.2%
40.4%
Chromium compounds
13,338
0
70,646
2.37%
14.5%
32.6%
Hydrazine
40
0
56,689
1.90%
12.5%
54.8%
Nickel compounds
4,987
0
46,644
1.56%
21.6%
16.5%
Cobalt compounds
384
0
43,466
1.46%
16.6%
14.1%
Acrylonitrile
1,270
626
27,889
0.93%
14.8%
42.9%
Diisocyanates
460
16,364
22,381
0.75%
13.1%
42.9%
1,3-Butadiene
2,142
0
21,679
0.73%
16.8%
70.8%
Manganese compounds
43,942
0
14,687
0.49%
17.5%
23.3%
Propylene oxide
6,072
0
13,107
0.44%
17.2%
71.9%
Chlorine
3,166
0
6,311
0.21%
19.0%
64.8%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
82,268
0
4,552
0.15%
10.9%
24.7%
Diethyl sulfate
41
0
3,431
0.11%
20.3%
82.1%
Vinyl chloride
750
1
2,548
0.09%
26.5%
58.8%
Benzene
7,018
0
1,595
0.05%
15.5%
7.0%
Butyl acrylate
4,240
2,697
1,436
0.05%
16.7%
61.0%
Lead compounds
2,439
0
1,347
0.05%
11.2%
39.1%
Antimony compounds
833
0
1,249
0.04%
10.6%
39.9%
Maleic anhydride
1,403
9,073
1,141
0.04%
17.1%
71.5%
Barium compounds
72,822
0
979
0.03%
14.3%
25.8%
Hydrogen fluoride
376,140
0
971
0.03%
17.6%
40.0%
Naphthalene
10,476
0
726
0.02%
20.0%
12.3%
Manganese
573
0
457
0.02%
18.9%
57.1%
Hydrochloric acid
181,731
0
412
0.01%
14.3%
47.3%
Acrylic acid
5,831
1,366
356
0.01%
13.4%
13.7%
Hydrogen sulfide
1,135
0
316
0.01%
17.2%
70.9%
Acrylamide
9
8
302
0.01%
15.2%
40.8%
Ethylbenzene
5,223
208
167
0.01%
14.8%
42.5%
Copper compounds
7,896
0
152
0.01%
16.6%
15.9%
Nitric acid
16,941
550
149
0.01%
22.3%
21.1%
Sulfuric acid
169,601
0
146
0.00%
21.2%
15.5%
Arsenic compounds
143
0
103
0.00%
14.8%
36.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
2,936
0
102
0.00%
17.5%
9.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
84,535
3,228
91
0.00%
13.6%
29.9%
Copper
1,811
0
62
0.00%
22.4%
17.6%
Ammonia
646,115
0
60
0.00%
14.9%
50.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
31
0
59
0.00%
15.8%
32.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
22,207
69
47
0.00%
7.5%
11.6%
Ethyl acrylate
7,207
1,376
46
0.00%
14.8%
41.6%
Carbonyl sulfide
1,830
0
27
0.00%
15.8%
60.8%
Zinc compounds
9,894
0
27
0.00%
16.8%
46.0%
Ozone
10,977
0
24
0.00%
12.0%
42.0%
Lead
60
0
17
0.00%
18.9%
42.9%
Cyanide compounds
30
0
9
0.00%
14.0%
41.7%
Toluene
98,831
162,216
8
0.00%
14.3%
59.1%
Glycol Ethers
368
9,302
7
0.00%
14.9%
27.7%
n-Butyl alcohol
6,619
147
6
0.00%
15.5%
66.3%
Phenol
3,198
643
6
0.00%
13.2%
60.8%
Vinyl acetate
12,166
393
5
0.00%
16.3%
15.9%
Ethylene glycol
3,336
0
4
0.00%
17.1%
71.7%
Diphenylamine
3,877
0
4
0.00%
13.5%
61.6%
Zinc
690
0
4
0.00%
23.2%
43.5%
Triethylamine
280
410
3
0.00%
10.5%
17.6%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,443
0
3
0.00%
12.7%
58.4%
Mercury compounds
311
0
3
0.00%
13.4%
28.7%
Methyl methacrylate
9,896
1,430
3
0.00%
14.5%
35.3%
Allyl chloride
97
4,787
2
0.00%
15.5%
6.8%
Sodium nitrite
12,349
0
2
0.00%
14.1%
9.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1
0.00%
14.5%
31.5%
Methanol
66,707
303,329
1
0.00%
16.8%
60.1%
Diethanolamine
7
0
1
0.00%
14.4%
33.8%
Mercury
1
0
1
0.00%
14.3%
31.6%
Methyl acrylate
31
0
1
0.00%
27.0%
60.8%
Styrene
34,201
15,681
1
0.00%
16.4%
47.0%
Vinylidene chloride
193
0
0
0.00%
27.5%
61.8%
Allyl alcohol
6
6,385
0
0.00%
15.3%
8.4%
Vanadium compounds
1,773
0
0
0.00%
12.7%
23.3%
tert-Butyl alcohol
1,094
0
0
0.00%
21.7%
27.4%
Cumene
84
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
33.0%
Cyclohexane
10,910
3,829
0
0.00%
15.5%
6.9%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
193
149
0
0.00%
14.5%
33.6%
Carbon disulfide
39
15
0
0.00%
14.4%
32.7%
Acetophenone
0
1,870
0
0.00%
12.2%
21.3%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
14
0
0
0.00%
15.6%
9.8%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
0
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
13.2%
1-Bromopropane
71,033
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine
319
22
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
4
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
8
7
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol
14
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol ethoxylates
0
193
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
TRD SECRT
1,993
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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