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Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2021 Report, Based on 2019 Data)

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42 Lonza 329,989,846 <0.01 0.04 31% 85% 100%
57 Saputo 175,529,491 0.11 2.75 64% 85% 98%
61 Takeda Pharmaceutical 144,691,835 0.12 40% 83% 100%
71 Sekisui Chemical 84,286,855 0.72 47% 79% 100%
38 Exxon Mobil 385,872,409 2.29 0.01 38% 78% 25%
100 TTM Technologies 24,857,820 <0.01 0.43 17% 73% 22%
81 Boeing 50,586,710 <0.01 0.41 39% 70% 38%
52 Clean Harbors Inc. 212,776,563 0.01 0.07 36% 65% 93%
64 Formosa Plastics 128,712,882 0.01 <0.01 45% 65% 54%
80 Occidental Petroleum 55,579,140 0.14 0.13 36% 65% 43%
43 Phillips 66 312,540,218 6.86 0.51 31% 64% 75%
72 Cardinal Health 83,600,000 <0.01 41% 64% 100%
62 Valero Energy 134,586,472 3.95 0.24 46% 60% 39%
91 NRG Energy 33,910,923 0.01 13% 57% 85%
51 JBS 230,742,759 8.78 5.87 43% 56% 32%
33 Mitsui 474,482,142 <0.01 <0.01 40% 55% 100%
99 Shin-Etsu Chemical 25,068,203 <0.01 0.74 32% 53% 78%
93 Delta Air Lines 30,569,477 0.26 <0.01 45% 50% 100%
82 Baker Hughes 48,874,903 <0.01 0.16 26% 49% 99%
88 Nestle 38,187,766 0.09 0.59 43% 49% 72%
92 Graham Holdings 32,630,974 <0.01 21% 49% 68%
2 Dow Inc. 41,732,499,631 1.36 0.13 35% 48% 98%
7 Honeywell International 6,369,256,668 0.08 0.02 39% 47% 100%
69 Ashland Global Holdings 117,386,339 0.04 15.22 27% 47% 55%
78 Roper Technologies 63,054,004 0.04 31% 47% 100%
8 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 3,936,322,205 0.01 0.08 36% 46% 100%
47 DuPont de Nemours 269,430,449 2.15 17.68 38% 43% 75%
50 Michelin 233,100,580 <0.01 <0.01 36% 43% 100%
63 Evonik Industries 131,841,095 0.30 0.36 38% 42% 68%
34 PBF Energy 439,908,086 6.69 0.37 31% 41% 89%
85 Freeport-McMoRan 41,148,185 0.05 0.01 36% 40% 66%
17 Berkshire Hathaway 1,832,737,906 0.17 2.04 27% 38% 92%
28 LafargeHolcim 664,561,763 0.02 <0.01 33% 38% 100%
39 Southern Company 371,666,196 0.06 36% 38% 43%
68 Intel 118,166,851 1.67 21% 37% 54%
20 WestRock 1,418,051,727 0.95 5.54 28% 36% 76%
44 WH Group 292,997,251 8.09 2.06 20% 36% 64%
5 Canopus International 12,380,029,294 0.33 0.83 45% 35% 64%
95 Ford Motor 29,377,528 0.68 14% 35% 58%
86 Howmet Aerospace 40,132,307 0.02 0.95 28% 34% 48%
73 BMW 81,885,581 0.59 31% 33% 100%
32 International Paper 558,086,650 2.88 0.02 37% 32% 27%
79 Abbott Laboratories 62,227,800 0.01 52% 32% 100%
3 LyondellBasell 39,260,468,246 0.17 3.24 16% 31% 95%
96 Albemarle 28,507,222 <0.01 0.19 16% 31% 60%
4 Celanese 28,892,205,441 0.07 8.66 16% 30% 100%
13 Energy Capital Partners 2,531,273,104 <0.01 0.01 43% 30% 93%
23 DTE Energy 991,448,016 0.06 <0.01 29% 30% 98%
14 Alfa S.A.B. 2,166,104,301 0.16 <0.01 25% 29% 82%
31 Chevron 561,582,366 1.51 0.05 23% 27% 62%
16 Chemours 1,836,708,431 1.03 0.59 34% 26% 89%
76 Barrick Gold 64,809,394 <0.01 <0.01 51% 26% 100%
21 Cleveland-Cliffs 1,238,869,246 22.11 0.09 35% 25% 85%
59 Mitsubishi Group 166,701,401 <0.01 3.19 20% 25% 98%
87 Deere 39,319,690 0.02 0.09 35% 24% 87%
90 Cabot Corp. 34,241,283 <0.01 35% 24% 100%
67 Graphic Packaging 121,823,479 0.48 0.08 38% 23% 68%
11 Cargill 2,687,920,789 2.50 0.42 26% 21% 92%
25 Marathon Petroleum 918,694,955 0.99 0.42 25% 21% 41%
29 NextEra Energy 627,708,193 <0.01 <0.01 25% 21% 100%
53 Blackstone 202,790,325 0.09 <0.01 32% 21% 100%
35 Tyson Foods 422,885,678 18.60 1.19 17% 20% 96%
41 Pfizer 343,093,342 <0.01 1.56 31% 20% 100%
74 PPG Industries 80,155,895 <0.01 0.70 31% 20% 85%
84 HollyFrontier 47,173,331 0.06 0.01 25% 20% 31%
22 Rio Tinto 1,109,338,199 0.01 <0.01 8% 19% 71%
19 Koch Industries 1,424,784,128 6.16 1.99 36% 18% 13%
37 Packaging Corporation of America 401,771,594 1.23 46% 18% 54%
60 United States Steel 166,341,381 3.03 <0.01 40% 18% 71%
94 J.R. Simplot 29,869,525 0.37 31% 18% 98%
9 Eastman Chemical 3,931,110,749 1.41 5.35 43% 17% 94%
40 NiSource 364,539,913 0.04 25% 17% 100%
24 Ingredion 946,206,213 0.74 26% 16% 100%
49 Domtar Corp. 240,673,385 0.71 15% 16% 39%
66 Westlake Chemical 124,152,249 0.24 <0.01 21% 15% 38%
46 PTT Group 276,555,240 0.43 29% 14% 100%
48 FirstEnergy 242,514,114 0.05 35% 14% 68%
55 Olin Corp. 193,953,932 0.01 0.06 44% 14% 99%
10 BASF 2,859,840,185 5.24 2.13 25% 12% 53%
83 Masco 47,833,129 <0.01 <0.01 23% 12% 51%
1 Northrop Grumman 150,093,525,218 <0.01 0.21 34% 10% 100%
12 Boston Scientific 2,580,001,087 <0.01 24% 10% 100%
58 Alcoa 170,585,638 0.02 10% 10% 99%
75 Carlyle Group 68,387,510 0.01 0.23 20% 9% 29%
6 Duke Energy 6,765,810,638 0.16 19% 8% 87%
18 American Electric Power 1,450,819,085 0.13 41% 7% 69%
36 PPL Corp. 419,448,015 0.22 34% 7% 91%
56 WEC Energy Group 176,403,218 0.01 26% 7% 100%
65 Archer Daniels Midland 125,150,973 0.04 2.45 37% 6% 56%
97 Flex-N-Gate 28,407,644 <0.01 <0.01 27% 6% 62%
98 Resolute Forest Products 27,109,497 0.27 25% 6% 68%
27 Renco 713,589,163 0.01 38% 5% 94%
77 General Mills 63,099,054 <0.01 0.07 42% 5% 94%
45 Compass Group 280,605,131 0.01 21% 4% 100%
70 Covestro LLC 105,738,634 0.53 <0.01 42% 4% 98%
26 Vistra Energy 861,167,163 0.08 18% 3% 77%
30 AES Corp. 582,628,303 0.01 29% 2% 99%
15 Far Easten New Century Corp. 1,966,969,554 0.02 43% 1% 100%
54 Toray Industries 200,275,344 <0.01 0.01 0% 0% 97%
89 ConAgra Brands 34,779,883 0.40 0% 0% 100%

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

This edition of the Toxic 100 Water ranks companies by comparative chronic human health hazard from water pollutants directly released or transferred to publicly owned treatment works from large facilities in the US in 2019.

RSEI Hazard: Pounds released directly to surface water plus pounds transferred to POTWs multiplied by chemical-specific toxicity weights.  Sources: (1) pounds released and transferred: US EPA's Toxics Release Inventory, 2019; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.9. For details, see Technical Notes.

Toxics released directly to surface water or transferred to sewage treatment: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to water on-site at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) for sewage treatment, without weighting for toxicity. Source: U.S. EPA.

Coverage: This table presents the RSEI companies that appear on the Forbes Global 2000 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies 2020 ranking, the Fortune 500 list for 2021, the Fortune Global 500 for 2021, or the S&P 500 as of 9/24/2021.  Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of late 2021.  
Source: CTIP.> Environmental Justice (EJ): Near Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the total population health hazard borne by people living below twice the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 26 percent lived below twice the poverty line in 2019 and 40 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups.  
Sources: US EPA, US Census, and CTIP.

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