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.
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