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