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

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.