Berkshire Hathaway
Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 71
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 140,794
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 1,933,893
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 103,475,893
EJ: Near Poor Share: 24%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%
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This company is rank 9 on the Toxic 100 Air list .
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
This company is rank 57 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list .
Chemicals displayed below: ( display facilities ) ( display chemicals at facilities )
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Chromium
379
762
47,626,510
46.03%
Ethyl acrylate
0
857
41,136,000
39.75%
Vinyl chloride
0
3
4,350,403
4.20%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
127
0
3,930,000
3.80%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
131,441
1,703,359
1,155,924
1.12%
Lead
0
63
1,133,047
1.09%
Copper
360
168
792,389
0.77%
Formaldehyde
0
153,055
765,275
0.74%
Triethylamine
0
1,316
658,000
0.64%
Lead compounds
12
9
389,430
0.38%
Diisocyanates
0
1
350,000
0.34%
Molybdenum trioxide
0
846
321,480
0.31%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
60
90
224,700
0.22%
Nickel
963
960
175,036
0.17%
Nitric acid
0
578
156,060
0.15%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
0
6,943
69,430
0.07%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
3,162
3,932
35,467
0.03%
Nickel compounds
330
10
30,940
0.03%
Antimony compounds
5
6
27,500
0.03%
Toluene
2
1,617
21,042
0.02%
Manganese compounds
1,293
1,634
20,782
0.02%
Certain glycol ethers
0
101
18,180
0.02%
Phenol
0
5,234
17,272
0.02%
Cyanide compounds
0
84
16,800
0.02%
Ethylene glycol
0
25,193
12,596
0.01%
Mercury compounds
1
0
11,000
0.01%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
0
485
9,700
0.01%
Methanol
1,873
4,597
6,470
0.01%
Ethylbenzene
0
4
4,400
0.00%
Manganese
15
504
3,687
0.00%
Zinc compounds
658
359
3,355
0.00%
Naphthalene
0
44
2,200
0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
0
4
400
0.00%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)
0
5
98
0.00%
Methyl acrylate
0
2
67
0.00%
Carbon disulfide
0
6
60
0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
0
11
55
0.00%
Acetophenone
0
5
50
0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like
0
0
45
0.00%
Cumene
0
4
40
0.00%
Methyl methacrylate
0
5
3
0.00%
Butyl acrylate
0
0
0
0.00%
Diethanolamine
0
0
0
0.00%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
0
4,300
0
0.00%
Cobalt
43
128
0
0.00%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
0
15,410
0
0.00%
Cobalt compounds
68
0
0
0.00%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates
0
1,200
0
0.00%
For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes .
Toxic hazard : Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2020, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes .
Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers : Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.
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