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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 18
Rank among all TRI companies: 28
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 2,108,089
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 392,340
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 2,664,227
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.7%
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 32%

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This company is rank 35 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 58 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

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Cobalt 1,017 0 1,121,346 42.09% 13.6% 24.5%
Chromium 3,722 0 727,351 27.30% 11.4% 41.9%
Nickel 12,508 0 366,236 13.75% 18.1% 21.2%
Formaldehyde 175,040 0 124,420 4.67% 14.6% 37.5%
Hydrazine 41 0 62,422 2.34% 13.7% 57.8%
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.) 9,686 0 60,356 2.27% 13.1% 38.6%
Cobalt compounds 337 0 58,512 2.20% 15.8% 15.8%
1-Bromopropane 51,457 0 37,803 1.42% 22.8% 33.8%
Nickel compounds 3,068 0 28,326 1.06% 19.8% 16.2%
Diisocyanates 411 20,456 15,875 0.60% 13.9% 48.6%
1,3-Butadiene 1,567 0 14,136 0.53% 17.6% 75.5%
Propylene oxide 6,261 0 13,512 0.51% 17.7% 75.5%
Manganese compounds 35,714 0 6,778 0.25% 15.0% 23.5%
Vinyl chloride 1,141 0 4,318 0.16% 31.3% 64.1%
Chlorine 1,432 0 4,079 0.15% 19.0% 67.3%
Benzene 11,072 1,001 3,960 0.15% 17.7% 30.6%
Tetrachloroethylene 57,547 0 3,541 0.13% 16.2% 28.3%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 62,680 0 1,593 0.06% 12.4% 24.9%
Butyl acrylate 3,675 461 1,287 0.05% 16.9% 63.7%
Lead compounds 2,118 0 1,240 0.05% 12.3% 44.3%
Acrylonitrile 54 855 1,158 0.04% 13.1% 37.8%
Antimony compounds 873 0 1,157 0.04% 12.0% 45.3%
Maleic anhydride 1,405 2,979 1,143 0.04% 17.6% 75.2%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 227,885 0 869 0.03% 19.7% 48.1%
Acrylic acid 6,635 3,005 483 0.02% 11.2% 10.9%
Acrylamide 10 3,022 305 0.01% 12.9% 40.3%
Hydrogen sulfide 1,281 9 303 0.01% 17.6% 74.4%
Manganese 481 0 260 0.01% 19.0% 42.9%
Ethylbenzene 7,257 125 199 0.01% 15.5% 42.8%
Certain glycol ethers 13,039 4,684 143 0.01% 18.8% 20.5%
Nitric acid 12,886 0 132 0.00% 16.0% 21.5%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 6,448 0 118 0.00% 19.3% 15.6%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 123,931 0 104 0.00% 20.1% 37.8%
Acrolein 2,015 0 93 0.00% 8.8% 5.5%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 130,689 0 93 0.00% 18.2% 16.8%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 23,915 642 72 0.00% 16.0% 27.9%
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) 673,911 0 65 0.00% 13.4% 50.5%
Triethylamine 8,025 1,048 60 0.00% 8.8% 10.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 79,281 5,789 52 0.00% 15.2% 35.1%
Arsenic compounds 117 0 51 0.00% 14.0% 24.9%
Copper 1,085 0 49 0.00% 19.2% 18.0%
Naphthalene 158 48 47 0.00% 18.3% 68.0%
Zinc compounds 9,552 0 41 0.00% 13.8% 44.8%
Ozone 10,404 0 22 0.00% 12.0% 45.3%
Vanadium compounds 1,654 0 20 0.00% 13.1% 26.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 26 0 20 0.00% 15.2% 20.9%
Lead 48 0 19 0.00% 15.4% 51.8%
Ethyl acrylate 1,863 533 11 0.00% 12.7% 26.5%
Phenol 3,277 24 7 0.00% 14.2% 64.4%
Ethylene glycol 6,222 0 6 0.00% 15.6% 55.5%
Vinyl acetate 13,201 412 5 0.00% 10.8% 16.1%
Toluene 76,153 49,087 5 0.00% 14.1% 58.1%
Zinc (fume or dust) 600 0 3 0.00% 19.4% 42.2%
Mercury compounds 268 0 3 0.00% 13.3% 33.1%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 1,533 0 2 0.00% 14.7% 65.5%
Allyl chloride 98 2,801 2 0.00% 19.0% 5.6%
Sodium nitrite 13,573 0 2 0.00% 12.8% 11.3%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 828 0 2 0.00% 11.6% 30.4%
Acetaldehyde 726 0 2 0.00% 8.8% 5.4%
Methyl methacrylate 5,266 2,085 1 0.00% 12.0% 21.7%
Allyl alcohol 7 3,046 1 0.00% 17.7% 7.9%
Diethanolamine 18 0 1 0.00% 14.3% 34.2%
Methanol 145,374 273,109 1 0.00% 15.8% 50.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 1 0.00% 13.6% 33.3%
Cyanide compounds 5 3 1 0.00% 10.5% 20.8%
Mercury 1 0 1 0.00% 13.2% 29.6%
Boron trifluoride 1 0 1 0.00% 14.7% 66.2%
Styrene 33,999 0 1 0.00% 17.7% 48.8%
Methyl acrylate 27 457 1 0.00% 31.2% 63.8%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 148 1,054 0 0.00% 32.1% 65.4%
Chloroacetic acid 10 0 0 0.00% 19.6% 22.7%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 5,471 720 0 0.00% 17.3% 63.1%
Diphenylamine 123 0 0 0.00% 12.6% 58.8%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 61 126 0 0.00% 11.9% 43.4%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 8 0 0 0.00% 23.1% 46.3%
Carbon disulfide 109 12 0 0.00% 15.0% 33.9%
Cyclohexane 13,829 2,529 0 0.00% 18.7% 9.5%
Cumene 73 39 0 0.00% 15.2% 40.8%
Acetophenone 5 6,250 0 0.00% 11.0% 21.6%
Propylene 1,001 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 24.4%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 250 90 0 0.00% 22.8% 33.9%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0 0 0 0.00% 15.6% 14.6%
Formic acid 1 0 0 0.00% 19.6% 83.0%
Dimethylamine 379 22 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 4 5,787 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 7 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
MIXTURE 11 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0 1 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 0 30 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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