PERI: Toxic 100 Index

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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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
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	7	4,833,773	60	0.00%	14.8%	36.6%	48.6%	12.9%	31.0%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	263,301	0	250	65,825,326	857	0.02%	20.6%	42.9%	42.6%	15.2%	15.6%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	182,959	0	3,500	640,356,430	142	0.00%	20.5%	40.5%	14.7%	4.4%	5.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	133,083	0	180	23,954,942	291	0.01%	17.4%	37.5%	53.5%	13.4%	30.8%
Formaldehyde	124,517	0	46,000	5,727,810,980	96,399	2.77%	14.9%	33.9%	36.7%	10.7%	22.6%
Tetrachloroethylene	76,711	0	930	71,341,230	4,651	0.13%	11.3%	32.9%	26.0%	3.3%	18.0%
Toluene	76,424	6,207	1	53,497	5	0.00%	14.3%	33.6%	59.5%	12.5%	41.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	59,776	3,873	35	2,092,161	74	0.00%	13.5%	34.2%	27.2%	6.0%	16.7%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	59,437	0	7,000	416,058,230	778	0.02%	14.3%	31.6%	25.1%	10.7%	9.1%
Methanol	57,035	237,057	0	10,266	1	0.00%	16.5%	37.6%	59.3%	16.1%	38.6%
Manganese compounds	35,901	0	12,000	430,813,994	10,071	0.29%	17.0%	36.2%	23.0%	9.2%	9.7%
Styrene	34,537	420	4	121,352	1	0.00%	16.2%	37.7%	47.6%	8.7%	30.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	32,128	130	58	1,863,403	67	0.00%	7.1%	28.7%	10.9%	2.0%	6.3%
1-Bromopropane	18,769	930	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Nickel	17,815	0	930,000	16,568,334,927	578,158	16.59%	19.8%	39.5%	24.4%	7.1%	10.2%
Sodium nitrite	16,329	0	10	163,291	2	0.00%	14.1%	32.1%	9.7%	4.5%	1.6%
Nitric acid	14,744	550	270	4,055,252	381	0.01%	14.8%	31.0%	26.7%	3.7%	11.8%
Vinyl acetate	11,883	457	18	213,887	5	0.00%	16.2%	35.6%	16.2%	8.2%	4.8%
Cyclohexane	11,220	4,043	1	6,508	0	0.00%	15.5%	34.8%	7.0%	2.6%	2.7%
Methyl methacrylate	10,472	506	5	53,101	3	0.00%	14.5%	29.2%	35.2%	21.0%	8.4%
Zinc compounds	9,585	0	100	958,491	29	0.00%	17.0%	36.9%	47.7%	14.7%	25.2%
Ozone	9,049	0	19	171,931	20	0.00%	12.0%	26.0%	41.9%	15.6%	19.9%
Ethyl acrylate	7,534	6,641	73	568,597	50	0.00%	14.8%	29.2%	40.7%	24.3%	9.8%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	7,097	0	10	70,968	8	0.00%	15.3%	34.9%	66.1%	13.8%	47.1%
Benzene	7,018	114	28,000	196,504,000	1,610	0.05%	15.5%	34.8%	7.0%	2.7%	2.7%
Chromium	6,977	0	43,000,000	13,430,179,164	1,329,902	38.16%	12.3%	30.7%	43.7%	9.2%	24.7%
Ethylene glycol	6,235	77	9	54,871	7	0.00%	14.6%	33.2%	54.2%	11.9%	37.7%
Propylene oxide	6,205	0	13,000	80,665,000	13,512	0.39%	17.2%	39.1%	71.7%	14.7%	52.5%
Acrylic acid	5,287	838	3,500	18,525,500	297	0.01%	13.7%	29.4%	12.3%	5.1%	4.1%
Benzyl chloride	4,931	0	180,000	887,637,600	60,806	1.74%	20.3%	45.0%	82.2%	5.0%	74.4%
Butyl acrylate	4,351	591	3,500	16,048,515	1,515	0.04%	16.6%	36.7%	59.5%	16.0%	39.0%
Chlorine	3,277	0	23,000	75,366,630	7,420	0.21%	17.3%	37.5%	60.4%	15.5%	36.3%
Phenol	3,271	1,483	18	58,878	7	0.00%	13.0%	31.7%	60.8%	11.2%	44.6%
Nickel compounds	3,093	0	930,000	2,876,490,000	29,903	0.86%	23.4%	44.5%	13.6%	6.5%	2.7%
Ethylbenzene	2,315	84	890	2,060,555	167	0.00%	14.2%	33.4%	45.4%	13.4%	27.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	2,114	0	700	1,480,010	67	0.00%	17.8%	35.8%	8.1%	4.7%	1.4%
1,3-Butadiene	1,979	0	110,000	217,690,000	19,079	0.55%	17.0%	38.9%	71.6%	13.3%	54.4%
Lead compounds	1,875	0	23,000	43,120,400	1,190	0.03%	11.1%	24.8%	39.7%	15.5%	17.4%
Carbonyl sulfide	1,870	0	350	654,500	51	0.00%	16.1%	34.8%	55.5%	10.2%	32.7%
Copper	1,849	0	1,500	2,773,356	65	0.00%	22.7%	43.2%	15.2%	5.9%	4.6%
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	43,000,000	10,065,280,900	31,989	0.92%	14.0%	32.6%	40.5%	19.2%	12.6%
Cobalt	1,761	0	17,000,000	29,929,251,400	1,135,092	32.57%	14.3%	32.3%	29.4%	7.5%	13.3%
Vanadium compounds	1,682	0	140	235,542	0	0.00%	12.4%	30.6%	22.1%	5.9%	11.2%
Maleic anhydride	1,410	0	5,000	7,050,000	1,160	0.03%	17.1%	38.8%	71.5%	14.6%	52.4%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	1,387	363	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol	1,314	0	20	26,288	1	0.00%	13.8%	32.8%	30.1%	17.3%	7.6%
Acrylonitrile	1,197	91	240,000	291,504,000	29,828	0.86%	15.0%	29.5%	43.8%	25.9%	10.8%
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	1,500	1,743,131	2	0.00%	13.9%	33.1%	26.7%	8.6%	12.6%
Vinyl chloride	1,040	0	31,000	32,240,000	3,980	0.11%	27.3%	50.9%	61.1%	53.4%	4.4%
Hydrogen sulfide	1,029	20	1,800	1,852,200	273	0.01%	17.2%	39.1%	70.8%	15.1%	51.2%
Antimony compounds	777	0	12,000	9,324,000	1,171	0.03%	10.6%	23.5%	39.9%	16.0%	17.6%
Zinc (fume or dust)	710	0	100	71,000	4	0.00%	23.2%	46.9%	43.4%	32.4%	7.3%
Diisocyanates	581	18,297	350,000	203,205,555	21,876	0.63%	13.6%	30.4%	40.7%	10.4%	24.0%
Manganese	506	0	12,000	6,075,119	274	0.01%	21.7%	43.1%	42.9%	22.1%	16.4%
Dimethylamine	350	41	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Certain glycol ethers	341	12,290	180	1,095,148	10	0.00%	16.2%	34.0%	39.7%	26.9%	6.8%
Triethylamine	294	0	500	147,000	4	0.00%	10.5%	21.4%	17.6%	6.8%	6.6%
Mercury compounds	281	0	12,000	3,370,020	3	0.00%	13.2%	32.3%	28.5%	9.6%	12.6%
Cobalt compounds	263	0	17,000,000	4,471,000,000	29,796	0.85%	16.6%	35.7%	14.1%	7.8%	3.0%
Arsenic compounds	162	0	15,000,000	2,430,000,000	118	0.00%	15.1%	34.0%	37.3%	2.3%	20.2%
Naphthalene	146	0	12,000	1,752,000	13	0.00%	14.6%	34.3%	45.8%	13.1%	27.6%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)	130	46	18	2,345	0	0.00%	27.8%	51.5%	62.4%	54.8%	4.3%
Diphenylamine	122	0	33	4,026	0	0.00%	10.3%	27.7%	53.6%	8.5%	40.3%
Allyl chloride	106	5,461	3,500	1,795,500	4	0.00%	15.4%	33.5%	18.5%	10.5%	3.4%
Cumene	81	0	9	713	0	0.00%	14.5%	34.1%	33.2%	15.8%	12.8%
Lead	54	0	23,000	1,245,124	14	0.00%	18.0%	39.4%	39.2%	9.8%	21.6%
Carbon disulfide	51	0	5	255	0	0.00%	14.6%	34.1%	33.3%	16.1%	12.7%
Hydrazine	44	0	18,000,000	792,000,000	71,484	2.05%	12.4%	31.0%	52.9%	10.7%	37.3%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	42	0	14	591	0	0.00%	12.3%	31.4%	31.1%	3.5%	18.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	27	0	390,000	10,362,300	26	0.00%	16.6%	38.4%	28.5%	12.2%	10.3%
Cyanide compounds	24	0	4,400	105,600	6	0.00%	14.2%	28.6%	43.2%	22.5%	12.3%
Methyl acrylate	23	0	180	4,140	1	0.00%	27.6%	51.3%	61.9%	54.3%	4.4%
Acrylamide	9	2,279	360,000	7,308,000	294	0.01%	14.9%	29.7%	41.4%	24.5%	10.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide	8	9	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Diethanolamine	6	0	1,200	7,201	1	0.00%	14.4%	35.1%	33.8%	13.6%	15.5%
Allyl alcohol	6	6,738	12,000	72,000	0	0.00%	15.3%	35.3%	8.4%	3.6%	2.8%
Nonylphenol	6	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Acetophenone	5	4,510	10	45,150	0	0.00%	11.3%	26.0%	19.9%	9.6%	5.5%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	3	52	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Boron trifluoride	2	0	5,000	10,000	2	0.00%	17.2%	39.2%	72.0%	14.7%	52.8%
Mercury	1	0	12,000	13,200	1	0.00%	14.6%	32.9%	32.4%	17.9%	10.1%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0	0	20,000	4,000	0	0.00%	14.5%	36.4%	13.2%	2.2%	7.1%
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	1,400,000,000	863,382	1	0.00%	14.6%	34.2%	31.6%	11.2%	14.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0	0	1	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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