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

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

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.