PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index (2021 Report, Based on 2019 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
85	International Paper	260,182	34.27	<0.01	19%	38%	19%
36	Koch Industries	1,134,098	28.02	1.36	18%	50%	33%
25	Exxon Mobil	1,758,433	8.16	0.45	21%	70%	29%
83	Graphic Packaging	270,561	8.12		26%	43%	80%
6	Dow Inc.	6,858,422	5.89	9.03	19%	49%	45%
2	LyondellBasell	12,599,132	5.15	3.14	16%	68%	70%
5	BASF	8,834,947	5.02	7.32	19%	36%	40%
9	Eastman Chemical	3,440,587	4.88	1.50	20%	44%	80%
33	Phillips 66	1,291,471	4.60	0.12	16%	60%	30%
27	Marathon Petroleum	1,649,704	4.52	0.17	16%	52%	35%
39	Valero Energy	1,081,893	4.51	0.13	18%	64%	32%
40	Freeport-McMoRan	989,241	4.45	<0.01	22%	61%	96%
61	Westlake Chemical	487,073	3.12	1.16	16%	31%	25%
93	General Motors	232,498	3.04	0.01	17%	46%	38%
38	Chevron	1,084,686	2.69	0.15	16%	68%	46%
14	Berkshire Hathaway	2,985,197	2.31	0.55	15%	38%	22%
15	Royal Dutch Shell	2,782,459	2.07	0.01	15%	54%	47%
51	PBF Energy	676,473	2.04	0.01	16%	62%	45%
50	Canopus International	722,464	1.92	0.04	16%	40%	70%
57	United States Steel	540,865	1.88	1.38	23%	59%	73%
67	American Electric Power	413,991	1.87		13%	10%	51%
22	Ashland Global Holdings	1,855,777	1.53	0.14	22%	56%	71%
66	DuPont de Nemours	414,261	1.40	3.35	18%	20%	82%
44	Cleveland-Cliffs	828,444	1.39	0.11	25%	47%	20%
59	Stellantis	525,399	1.36	0.07	11%	21%	53%
28	Kennametal	1,563,228	1.34		13%	28%	63%
73	Formosa Plastics	341,852	1.31	6.86	22%	70%	66%
70	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	390,887	0.96	0.06	22%	77%	71%
7	Celanese	5,791,002	0.83	7.32	14%	61%	100%
95	Owens Corning	223,836	0.83	<0.01	16%	42%	25%
46	Solvay	765,976	0.82	3.41	15%	58%	38%
68	Sasol	403,777	0.80	0.16	16%	26%	100%
3	Huntsman	11,137,063	0.69	6.68	14%	45%	54%
72	American Industrial Partners	345,080	0.67	0.02	9%	11%	99%
8	Baker Hughes	3,747,413	0.65	0.03	17%	46%	41%
18	Saint-Gobain	2,240,652	0.62	0.07	10%	34%	99%
11	Carlyle Group	3,116,719	0.59	0.15	17%	70%	61%
32	Occidental Petroleum	1,369,928	0.59	8.40	18%	70%	40%
43	Evonik Industries	833,926	0.57	0.49	18%	40%	45%
65	Nucor	415,220	0.55	<0.01	17%	34%	25%
19	General Electric	2,079,308	0.54	0.05	22%	26%	62%
53	Ingredion	624,621	0.54		15%	34%	63%
100	Spirit Aerosystems Holdings	209,298	0.50		20%	46%	100%
23	Albemarle	1,793,564	0.49	0.93	18%	73%	79%
94	HeidelbergCement	231,246	0.41		8%	43%	49%
4	Linde	9,615,218	0.37	<0.01	15%	48%	78%
79	PPG Industries	292,124	0.36	1.43	14%	25%	50%
41	Parker-Hannifin	904,778	0.33	1.74	16%	21%	83%
16	Northrop Grumman	2,620,892	0.31	0.12	19%	15%	99%
21	Tesla Inc.	1,914,425	0.31	0.13	11%	38%	100%
97	Lonza	220,228	0.30	0.12	16%	35%	37%
34	Air Products & Chemicals	1,275,573	0.26	<0.01	13%	38%	100%
1	Boeing	21,105,144	0.25	0.01	14%	36%	100%
13	Howmet Aerospace	3,074,691	0.24	0.12	16%	43%	41%
77	ChemChina	303,102	0.24	0.13	23%	83%	99%
45	General Dynamics	779,711	0.22	0.10	16%	66%	90%
52	Allegheny Technologies	650,071	0.21	0.08	13%	13%	46%
81	Cornerstone Building Brands	285,023	0.20		15%	56%	48%
89	Whirlpool Corp.	244,469	0.20		17%	15%	50%
31	Ametek	1,382,868	0.19		11%	37%	95%
30	Becton Dickinson	1,421,105	0.17	<0.01	16%	53%	57%
64	Deere	417,781	0.17	<0.01	18%	30%	89%
69	Clean Harbors Inc.	393,545	0.17	9.62	22%	58%	42%
75	Leggett & Platt	316,711	0.13	0.05	8%	39%	91%
20	Rio Tinto	1,968,937	0.12	<0.01	8%	30%	89%
42	Tenneco	891,180	0.11		16%	31%	38%
55	Trinity Industries	571,581	0.11		24%	42%	45%
90	Eaton	242,395	0.11		11%	24%	88%
98	Assa Abloy	214,764	0.10	<0.01	12%	42%	98%
26	Mitsui	1,674,870	0.09	0.01	26%	69%	100%
47	Akzo Nobel	739,414	0.09	<0.01	19%	66%	99%
99	ABB Ltd.	211,457	0.09	0.02	13%	23%	86%
10	Ecolab	3,247,008	0.06	1.35	16%	79%	97%
71	Henkel	353,382	0.06	<0.01	24%	50%	84%
82	Raytheon Technologies	272,904	0.06	<0.01	11%	25%	47%
92	Commercial Metals Co.	235,070	0.06		29%	41%	70%
88	Royal DSM	244,695	0.05	1.28	14%	22%	100%
37	Kingspan plc	1,106,209	0.04		10%	16%	100%
49	Carpenter Technology	727,772	0.04		17%	40%	79%
56	KKR & Co.	560,864	0.04	<0.01	17%	44%	76%
60	Terumo	504,457	0.04		10%	33%	100%
80	Targa Resources	290,338	0.04		22%	86%	100%
24	TMS International	1,782,250	0.03		28%	69%	84%
29	Baxter International	1,501,401	0.03	0.14	12%	6%	100%
76	Johnson & Johnson	313,525	0.03	0.05	13%	41%	56%
87	Granite Construction	252,782	0.03	<0.01	20%	63%	79%
35	Lockheed Martin	1,163,147	0.02	0.01	22%	77%	100%
74	Medtronic	324,092	0.02	0.06	15%	49%	93%
86	BAE Systems	255,433	0.02	<0.01	22%	59%	72%
17	Kubota	2,525,918	0.01		14%	43%	100%
48	Emerson Electric	729,205	0.01		18%	41%	69%
78	Umicore	292,304	0.01		17%	36%	69%
96	Pentair	221,891	0.01		19%	51%	100%
12	O'Neal Industries	3,084,376	<0.01		23%	55%	95%
54	Lincoln Electric Holdings	623,060	<0.01	<0.01	13%	72%	99%
58	Edwards Lifesciences	532,032	<0.01		48%	95%	100%
62	Middleby Corp.	463,336	<0.01		12%	22%	90%
63	TechnipFMC	432,289	<0.01		19%	75%	100%
84	Zimmer Biomet	260,572	<0.01		14%	55%	90%
91	Schlumberger	237,726	<0.01	0.21	25%	78%	92%

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 2019.

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 2019 Reporting Year, as computed by the US EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI ver. 2.3.9) 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 2019 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, 10.5 percent lived below the poverty line in 2019 and 40 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 Global 2000 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies 2020 ranking, the Fortune 500 list for 2021, the Fortune Global 500 for 2021, or the S&P 500 as of 9/24/2021. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of late 2021.
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.