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

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Toxic 100 Water Rank	Corporation	Toxic hazard (pounds released x toxicity)	Millions of pounds of toxic surface water releases	Millions of pounds discharged to public sewage treatment works	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	% of toxic hazard from a single facility
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.