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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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
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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