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

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.