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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100: 9
Rank among all TRI companies: 17
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 2,042,411
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 314,199
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 3,485,083
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 1.0%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 36%

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This company is rank 71 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
This company is rank 57 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.

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Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 130 46 0 0.00% 27.8% 62.4%
Methyl acrylate 23 0 1 0.00% 27.6% 61.9%
Vinyl chloride 1,040 0 3,980 0.11% 27.3% 61.1%
Nickel compounds 3,093 0 29,903 0.86% 23.4% 13.6%
Zinc (fume or dust) 710 0 4 0.00% 23.2% 43.4%
Copper 1,849 0 65 0.00% 22.7% 15.2%
Manganese 506 0 274 0.01% 21.7% 42.9%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 263,301 0 857 0.02% 20.6% 42.6%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 182,959 0 142 0.00% 20.5% 14.7%
Benzyl chloride 4,931 0 60,806 1.74% 20.3% 82.2%
Nickel 17,815 0 578,158 16.59% 19.8% 24.4%
Lead 54 0 14 0.00% 18.0% 39.2%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 2,114 0 67 0.00% 17.8% 8.1%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 133,083 0 291 0.01% 17.4% 53.5%
Chlorine 3,277 0 7,420 0.21% 17.3% 60.4%
Boron trifluoride 2 0 2 0.00% 17.2% 72.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 1,029 20 273 0.01% 17.2% 70.8%
Propylene oxide 6,205 0 13,512 0.39% 17.2% 71.7%
Maleic anhydride 1,410 0 1,160 0.03% 17.1% 71.5%
Manganese compounds 35,901 0 10,071 0.29% 17.0% 23.0%
Zinc compounds 9,585 0 29 0.00% 17.0% 47.7%
1,3-Butadiene 1,979 0 19,079 0.55% 17.0% 71.6%
Butyl acrylate 4,351 591 1,515 0.04% 16.6% 59.5%
Cobalt compounds 263 0 29,796 0.85% 16.6% 14.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 27 0 26 0.00% 16.6% 28.5%
Methanol 57,035 237,057 1 0.00% 16.5% 59.3%
Vinyl acetate 11,883 457 5 0.00% 16.2% 16.2%
Certain glycol ethers 341 12,290 10 0.00% 16.2% 39.7%
Styrene 34,537 420 1 0.00% 16.2% 47.6%
Carbonyl sulfide 1,870 0 51 0.00% 16.1% 55.5%
Benzene 7,018 114 1,610 0.05% 15.5% 7.0%
Cyclohexane 11,220 4,043 0 0.00% 15.5% 7.0%
Allyl chloride 106 5,461 4 0.00% 15.4% 18.5%
Allyl alcohol 6 6,738 0 0.00% 15.3% 8.4%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 7,097 0 8 0.00% 15.3% 66.1%
Arsenic compounds 162 0 118 0.00% 15.1% 37.3%
Acrylonitrile 1,197 91 29,828 0.86% 15.0% 43.8%
Acrylamide 9 2,279 294 0.01% 14.9% 41.4%
Formaldehyde 124,517 0 96,399 2.77% 14.9% 36.7%
Ethyl acrylate 7,534 6,641 50 0.00% 14.8% 40.7%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 690,539 0 60 0.00% 14.8% 48.6%
Nitric acid 14,744 550 381 0.01% 14.8% 26.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like 0 0 1 0.00% 14.6% 31.6%
Mercury 1 0 1 0.00% 14.6% 32.4%
Naphthalene 146 0 13 0.00% 14.6% 45.8%
Ethylene glycol 6,235 77 7 0.00% 14.6% 54.2%
Carbon disulfide 51 0 0 0.00% 14.6% 33.3%
Cumene 81 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 33.2%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0 0 0 0.00% 14.5% 13.2%
Methyl methacrylate 10,472 506 3 0.00% 14.5% 35.2%
Diethanolamine 6 0 1 0.00% 14.4% 33.8%
Toluene 76,424 6,207 5 0.00% 14.3% 59.5%
Cobalt 1,761 0 1,135,092 32.57% 14.3% 29.4%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 59,437 0 778 0.02% 14.3% 25.1%
Ethylbenzene 2,315 84 167 0.00% 14.2% 45.4%
Cyanide compounds 24 0 6 0.00% 14.2% 43.2%
Sodium nitrite 16,329 0 2 0.00% 14.1% 9.7%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 1,774 0 31,989 0.92% 14.0% 40.5%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 1,162 0 2 0.00% 13.9% 26.7%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 1,314 0 1 0.00% 13.8% 30.1%
Acrylic acid 5,287 838 297 0.01% 13.7% 12.3%
Diisocyanates 581 18,297 21,876 0.63% 13.6% 40.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 59,776 3,873 74 0.00% 13.5% 27.2%
Mercury compounds 281 0 3 0.00% 13.2% 28.5%
Phenol 3,271 1,483 7 0.00% 13.0% 60.8%
Hydrazine 44 0 71,484 2.05% 12.4% 52.9%
Vanadium compounds 1,682 0 0 0.00% 12.4% 22.1%
Chromium 6,977 0 1,329,902 38.16% 12.3% 43.7%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 42 0 0 0.00% 12.3% 31.1%
Ozone 9,049 0 20 0.00% 12.0% 41.9%
Acetophenone 5 4,510 0 0.00% 11.3% 19.9%
Tetrachloroethylene 76,711 0 4,651 0.13% 11.3% 26.0%
Lead compounds 1,875 0 1,190 0.03% 11.1% 39.7%
Antimony compounds 777 0 1,171 0.03% 10.6% 39.9%
Triethylamine 294 0 4 0.00% 10.5% 17.6%
Diphenylamine 122 0 0 0.00% 10.3% 53.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 32,128 130 67 0.00% 7.1% 10.9%
1-Bromopropane 18,769 930 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 350 41 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 3 52 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 8 9 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 6 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 1,387 363 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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