PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index (2024 Report, Based on 2022 Data)

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Toxic 100 Air Rank	Corporation	Toxic score (pounds released x toxicity x population exposure)	Millions of pounds of toxic air releases	Millions of pounds of toxic incineration transfers	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	% of toxic score from a single facility
9	Edwards Lifesciences	5,405,285	<0.01	0.01	45%	97%	100%
59	Rolls-Royce	538,887	0.01		29%	65%	98%
25	Pritzker Organization	1,728,903	0.03		28%	67%	79%
85	Graphic Packaging	250,675	6.94		26%	48%	82%
98	Honeywell International	200,642	1.12	0.04	26%	24%	76%
28	O'Neal Industries	1,526,886	0.02		24%	59%	51%
88	McWane	238,986	0.04	<0.01	24%	23%	95%
62	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	510,693	1.30	0.08	23%	80%	79%
71	Formosa Plastics	396,900	1.61	16.84	22%	71%	68%
99	Commercial Metals Co.	199,400	0.07		22%	42%	68%
51	Cenovus Energy	660,237	0.53	<0.01	21%	35%	92%
56	Cleveland-Cliffs	584,089	0.83	0.16	21%	43%	17%
7	Carpenter Technology	5,587,044	0.04		20%	58%	93%
23	Ashland Global Holdings	1,838,184	0.98	0.04	20%	57%	73%
78	United States Steel	267,057	1.73	4.53	20%	52%	58%
82	Targa Resources	255,117	0.70		20%	88%	98%
83	Spirit AeroSystems	255,053	0.58		20%	47%	100%
93	Henkel	215,352	0.05	0.34	20%	51%	79%
43	Snap-on	853,482	0.01		19%	17%	88%
45	Koch Industries	811,542	29.19	1.82	19%	56%	69%
69	Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)	438,869	0.28		19%	78%	100%
79	Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec)	263,590	0.32		19%	41%	95%
94	Huntington Ingalls Industries	212,848	0.19	0.08	19%	63%	83%
17	Exxon Mobil	2,692,144	9.20	0.77	18%	68%	44%
19	Eastman Chemical	2,407,690	4.74	0.42	18%	45%	71%
26	Evonik Industries	1,681,226	0.32	0.55	18%	47%	61%
34	Howmet Aerospace	1,145,886	0.06	0.01	18%	53%	42%
38	Occidental Petroleum	1,003,902	0.88	2.55	18%	72%	30%
60	Valero Energy	526,447	3.61	0.11	18%	71%	33%
74	International Flavors & Fragrances	357,349	0.61	2.07	18%	17%	99%
84	BP	252,781	0.72	0.01	18%	63%	83%
100	Alfa S.A.B.	187,853	0.72	0.01	18%	46%	98%
1	Standard Industries Inc.	19,819,724	0.96	1.38	17%	74%	99%
10	LyondellBasell Industries	5,019,237	5.68	3.23	17%	75%	93%
12	Dow Inc.	4,714,688	5.94	13.28	17%	51%	37%
13	Albemarle	3,446,880	0.47	0.01	17%	72%	53%
33	Carlyle Group	1,207,037	0.42	0.20	17%	80%	90%
49	Akzo Nobel	676,592	0.09	0.04	17%	66%	100%
73	Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)	359,146	2.86	2.45	17%	50%	41%
95	International Paper	207,704	31.50	<0.01	17%	41%	21%
15	Freeport-McMoRan	2,873,997	3.55	<0.01	16%	65%	97%
16	PPG Industries	2,847,952	0.81	3.34	16%	38%	57%
20	Shell PLC	2,353,779	2.64	0.01	16%	53%	30%
31	Westlake Chemical	1,351,589	3.66	2.12	16%	31%	34%
32	Griffon Corp.	1,211,789	0.04	0.03	16%	74%	100%
39	Mitsui	1,003,671	0.10	0.10	16%	70%	100%
11	BASF	4,990,192	4.90	4.56	15%	40%	48%
14	Celanese	2,902,196	0.86	8.32	15%	66%	99%
24	Ryerson Holding Corporation	1,749,530	<0.01		15%	69%	74%
37	Marathon Petroleum	1,061,905	5.08	0.06	15%	50%	31%
46	Phillips 66	803,565	4.68	0.08	15%	61%	33%
47	Linde	772,773	0.45	<0.01	15%	49%	63%
52	Solvay	657,468	0.74	1.82	15%	48%	46%
53	Nucor	610,547	0.63	<0.01	15%	38%	18%
68	Ingredion	439,888	0.47		15%	45%	47%
75	Sasol	314,593	0.84	0.06	15%	25%	93%
80	Medtronic	261,998	0.02	0.06	15%	50%	88%
89	Michelin	238,744	0.37		15%	38%	66%
92	Owens Corning	218,804	1.16	<0.01	15%	47%	27%
96	Olin Corp.	207,678	0.31	3.51	15%	67%	60%
18	Berkshire Hathaway	2,664,227	2.11	0.39	14%	32%	26%
29	NOV Inc.	1,482,627	1.72	<0.01	14%	60%	59%
40	Chevron	961,237	3.14	0.06	14%	64%	42%
48	Clayton Dubilier & Rice	764,712	0.25	<0.01	14%	38%	82%
54	Indorama Ventures	594,476	0.83	<0.01	14%	60%	73%
58	ATI Inc.	561,616	0.59	0.01	14%	15%	66%
61	KKR & Co.	521,241	0.06	0.01	14%	46%	42%
63	O-I Glass	468,681	0.02		14%	42%	54%
64	American Electric Power	466,961	1.33		14%	10%	63%
65	Lotte Chemical	465,115	0.05	<0.01	14%	25%	100%
66	Zimmer Biomet	453,787	0.01		14%	57%	91%
67	Ecolab	444,069	0.01	0.40	14%	81%	99%
4	Kaiser Aluminum	15,741,494	0.28		13%	16%	100%
36	General Electric	1,093,164	0.21	<0.01	13%	37%	39%
41	PBF Energy	885,697	1.63	<0.01	13%	73%	81%
72	Johnson & Johnson	363,867	0.03	0.01	13%	48%	63%
77	Baker Hughes	294,903	0.01		13%	59%	68%
91	Gerdau	232,925	0.10	<0.01	13%	48%	51%
6	Garmin	6,947,660	0.06		12%	86%	100%
42	Covestro	880,866	0.06	2.90	12%	24%	92%
44	Siemens Energy	851,495	<0.01		12%	47%	98%
50	Apollo Global Management	674,649	0.55	0.01	12%	25%	37%
70	Assa Abloy	432,533	0.02	<0.01	12%	45%	86%
81	Emerson Electric	259,680	0.01		12%	45%	56%
86	Saint-Gobain	241,687	0.71	0.03	12%	38%	51%
90	RTX Corporation	237,092	0.05	0.04	12%	42%	52%
97	A.O. Smith Corp.	204,545	0.07	0.01	12%	23%	66%
2	Greenbrier Companies	18,417,062	0.18	<0.01	11%	31%	100%
3	Huntsman Corp.	17,664,686	0.78	6.70	11%	37%	90%
30	Air Products & Chemicals	1,357,769	0.27	<0.01	11%	38%	100%
35	Ametek	1,143,673	0.20		11%	40%	58%
76	Hitachi	300,892	0.46	<0.01	11%	20%	78%
87	Bio-Rad Laboratories	240,154	0.01	0.40	11%	64%	100%
5	Tesla Inc.	6,954,555	0.28	0.18	10%	42%	97%
8	Becton Dickinson	5,490,687	0.11	0.01	10%	45%	41%
27	STERIS	1,532,448	<0.01	<0.01	10%	62%	53%
57	Kingspan plc	578,957	0.03	<0.01	10%	19%	100%
22	Terumo	2,190,748	0.06		9%	33%	100%
21	Rio Tinto	2,208,082	0.30	<0.01	8%	33%	91%
55	Leggett & Platt	588,797	0.08	0.01	7%	39%	98%

Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes).

This edition of the Toxic 100 Air Polluters ranks companies by comparative chronic human health risk from air pollutants directly released or transferred to incinerators (and not destroyed) from large facilities in the US in 2022.

RSEI score: Estimated population chronic health human health risk from air releases and incineration transfers reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for the 2022 Reporting Year, as computed by the US EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI ver. 2.3.12) from quantity released, toxicity of chemicals, and population exposure. Data are adjusted by the Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP) for subsequent revisions to TRI data, including where available revisions to the share of hexavalent chromium in chromium releases.
Source: US EPA and Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP).

Quantity of toxic air releases and incineration transfers: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released to the air on-site or transferred offsite for incineration in the TRI 2022 Reporting Year, without adjustment for toxicity or population exposure.
Source: US EPA.

Environmental Justice (EJ): Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the total population health risk borne by people living below the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 10.5 percent lived below the poverty line in 2020 and 40 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups.
Sources: US EPA, US Census, and CTIP.

Coverage: This table presents the RSEI companies that appear on the Forbes Global 2000 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies list, the Fortune 500 list, the Fortune Global 500, the Russell 1000 list, or the S&P 500. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of mid 2024.
Source: CTIP.

The links from each parent name lead to an application that gives detailed facility and chemical information about the company. You can also search for companies not on the Toxic 100 Air Polluters. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.