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

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.