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

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