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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 11
Rank among all TRI companies: 20
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 2,232,494
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 422,829
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 2,466,409
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.7%
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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This company is rank 43 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 48 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

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Chromium 2,580 0 1,213,145 49.19% 12.6% 47.2%
Cobalt 680 0 547,882 22.21% 13.4% 31.2%
Nickel 7,776 0 308,259 12.50% 18.2% 31.5%
Formaldehyde 145,587 0 112,616 4.57% 15.0% 37.5%
Hydrazine 42 0 68,427 2.77% 12.3% 53.8%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 2,301 0 59,627 2.42% 14.2% 37.2%
Cobalt compounds 260 0 29,501 1.20% 16.6% 14.1%
Nickel compounds 2,849 0 29,332 1.19% 23.9% 14.7%
Diisocyanates 387 14,810 18,621 0.75% 13.2% 43.5%
1,3-Butadiene 1,575 0 15,189 0.62% 16.8% 70.8%
Propylene oxide 6,338 0 13,952 0.57% 17.2% 71.9%
Benzene 7,745 385 11,821 0.48% 21.8% 72.3%
Manganese compounds 40,910 0 8,493 0.34% 17.1% 23.3%
Tetrachloroethylene 97,183 0 5,500 0.22% 11.2% 25.7%
Vinyl chloride 1,144 0 4,386 0.18% 27.3% 61.1%
Chlorine 1,489 0 4,256 0.17% 18.6% 64.4%
Naphthalene 1,777 0 3,216 0.13% 24.2% 86.8%
Butyl acrylate 3,760 881 1,311 0.05% 16.7% 61.2%
Lead compounds 2,251 0 1,194 0.05% 12.4% 41.0%
Maleic anhydride 1,422 3,552 1,185 0.05% 17.1% 71.5%
Acrylamide 35 7,670 1,144 0.05% 12.1% 25.2%
Antimony compounds 821 0 1,123 0.05% 12.0% 41.8%
Acrylonitrile 54 443 1,104 0.04% 15.2% 37.0%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 243,818 0 956 0.04% 20.6% 44.9%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 73,920 0 905 0.04% 14.5% 26.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 2,039 12 554 0.02% 17.4% 71.8%
Ethylbenzene 6,648 238 409 0.02% 19.5% 65.6%
Manganese 522 0 375 0.02% 19.7% 47.4%
Nitric acid 12,555 0 366 0.01% 14.5% 27.5%
Acrylic acid 5,253 6,539 292 0.01% 13.7% 10.9%
Acrolein 2,107 0 216 0.01% 9.5% 4.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 69,277 246 167 0.01% 11.5% 27.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 7,955 0 153 0.01% 16.6% 15.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 157,168 0 113 0.00% 20.0% 16.1%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 133,606 0 97 0.00% 21.1% 36.7%
Triethylamine 9,052 805 72 0.00% 16.3% 10.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 68,842 8,077 71 0.00% 17.6% 53.5%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 2,052 0 68 0.00% 17.4% 9.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 714,786 0 67 0.00% 14.7% 48.3%
Copper 698 0 35 0.00% 19.8% 22.1%
Zinc compounds 10,395 0 34 0.00% 17.7% 50.5%
Ozone 11,216 0 24 0.00% 12.0% 41.9%
Lead 60 0 24 0.00% 17.8% 47.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 27 0 21 0.00% 14.6% 18.8%
Certain glycol ethers 686 0 19 0.00% 14.2% 29.8%
Ethyl acrylate 2,278 767 14 0.00% 13.4% 25.1%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 7,387 0 9 0.00% 15.3% 66.1%
Phenol 3,239 22 7 0.00% 13.0% 60.7%
Toluene 89,904 62,293 7 0.00% 15.3% 60.6%
Ethylene glycol 6,026 26 7 0.00% 14.6% 54.5%
Zinc (fume or dust) 1,170 0 6 0.00% 24.9% 48.9%
Vinyl acetate 12,427 549 6 0.00% 16.2% 16.1%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 10,127 0 5 0.00% 23.4% 85.0%
Boron trifluoride 6 0 5 0.00% 17.2% 72.0%
Acetaldehyde 920 0 4 0.00% 9.5% 4.9%
Mercury compounds 271 0 3 0.00% 13.8% 33.1%
Allyl chloride 120 5,112 2 0.00% 15.4% 7.1%
Sodium nitrite 14,982 0 2 0.00% 14.1% 9.7%
Methyl methacrylate 6,666 1,912 2 0.00% 13.9% 20.3%
Methanol 160,874 289,525 1 0.00% 16.8% 59.1%
Diethanolamine 18 0 1 0.00% 12.9% 34.5%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 1 0.00% 14.5% 31.3%
Mercury 1 0 1 0.00% 15.5% 38.4%
Cyanide compounds 5 1 1 0.00% 11.8% 21.2%
Styrene 26,290 641 1 0.00% 16.0% 47.8%
Methyl acrylate 39 4 1 0.00% 23.5% 50.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 408 0 1 0.00% 14.4% 33.1%
Allyl alcohol 8 6,876 0 0.00% 15.3% 8.4%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 131 0 0 0.00% 27.8% 62.4%
Vanadium compounds 1,825 0 0 0.00% 12.6% 23.6%
Diphenylamine 122 0 0 0.00% 10.3% 53.6%
Cyclohexane 12,877 4,079 0 0.00% 21.0% 59.5%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 53 117 0 0.00% 12.7% 34.9%
Cumene 106 0 0 0.00% 14.9% 37.3%
Acetophenone 5 6,180 0 0.00% 11.5% 20.3%
Carbon disulfide 59 3 0 0.00% 14.6% 33.4%
Propylene 1,140 0 0 0.00% 12.9% 23.1%
Chloroacetic acid 0 0 0 0.00% 20.5% 20.5%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0 0 0 0.00% 14.3% 12.6%
1-Bromopropane 10,962 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 384 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 4 256 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 7 5 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 5 802 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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