Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2022 Report, Based on 2020 Data)

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92 3M Company 38,977,503 0.75 0.18 23% 34% 64%
85 Abbott Laboratories 52,058,214 0.03 45% 33% 100%
75 AES Corp. 101,164,122 0.01 27% 1% 100%
49 Alcoa 253,600,052 0.02 <0.01 10% 29% 99%
27 American Electric Power 873,808,266 0.11 39% 8% 69%
42 Archer Daniels Midland 321,718,570 0.03 1.86 33% 12% 61%
46 Ashland Global Holdings 268,927,296 0.06 13.73 22% 50% 80%
77 Barrick Gold 84,365,442 <0.01 51% 26% 100%
14 BASF 3,263,121,704 3.45 1.77 21% 11% 60%
71 Berkshire Hathaway 103,475,893 0.14 1.93 24% 48% 44%
61 Blackstone 153,313,239 0.03 <0.01 25% 15% 75%
76 BMW 84,887,106 0.68 27% 34% 100%
13 Boston Scientific Corp. 3,400,000,945 <0.01 24% 12% 100%
89 Cabot Corp. 41,702,111 <0.01 36% 26% 100%
9 Canopus International 10,293,380,451 0.44 0.91 37% 26% 51%
79 Cardinal Health 66,000,000 <0.01 35% 60% 100%
5 Cargill 25,038,754,640 3.04 0.44 26% 16% 99%
78 Carlyle Group 73,199,098 0.01 0.27 16% 17% 28%
6 Celanese 16,847,820,281 0.07 8.84 14% 26% 100%
17 ChampionX Corporation 2,264,731,428 0.05 0.01 48% 62% 100%
21 Chemours 1,202,620,520 0.93 0.61 31% 28% 85%
33 Chevron 646,069,961 0.99 0.20 27% 24% 69%
7 Clayton Dubilier & Rice 12,447,140,628 <0.01 0.03 61% 67% 66%
63 Clean Harbors Inc. 136,431,525 0.01 0.04 61% 79% 98%
64 Cleveland-Cliffs 136,216,950 17.32 0.15 30% 22% 28%
58 Coca-Cola Co. 181,551,179 0.26 47% 61% 100%
59 Compass Group 181,480,644 <0.01 29% 14% 100%
91 ConAgra Brands 40,226,796 0.49 0% 0% 82%
90 Continental Grain 41,486,953 1.13 0.01 46% 26% 24%
70 Covestro 108,561,216 0.31 <0.01 38% 12% 99%
62 Danone 145,468,043 2.64 0% 0% 94%
93 Deere 38,309,760 0.02 0.09 40% 29% 88%
83 Delta Air Lines 54,496,174 0.22 0.01 26% 47% 100%
4 Dow Inc. 39,668,371,826 0.36 0.18 48% 63% 97%
26 DTE Energy 881,966,726 0.04 <0.01 23% 26% 99%
10 Duke Energy 6,603,750,310 0.16 7% 4% 94%
52 DuPont de Nemours 232,495,041 2.39 14.96 49% 42% 74%
24 Eastman Chemical 1,001,872,077 1.98 3.99 32% 40% 98%
16 Energy Capital Partners 2,398,952,499 <0.01 <0.01 24% 33% 94%
57 Evonik Industries 190,311,167 0.30 0.49 51% 77% 52%
44 Exxon Mobil 283,394,911 2.35 0.01 51% 77% 27%
12 Far Easten New Century Corp. 4,442,086,541 0.05 37% 2% 100%
53 FirstEnergy 228,335,170 0.02 36% 16% 60%
35 Formosa Plastics 496,913,402 0.01 0.01 50% 64% 85%
39 Freeport-McMoRan 409,716,428 0.05 0.01 42% 51% 97%
88 General Mills 46,382,998 <0.01 0.11 37% 6% 100%
15 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2,899,970,992 0.01 0.06 42% 55% 100%
65 Graham Holdings 133,184,035 <0.01 18% 53% 86%
68 Graphic Packaging 115,515,623 0.43 0.08 47% 41% 64%
84 Halliburton 52,247,128 <0.01 0.01 27% 47% 86%
97 Harsco 31,792,124 <0.01 0.04 30% 28% 57%
96 HF Sinclair Corporation 33,539,698 0.05 0.01 41% 20% 44%
29 Holcim Group 756,775,967 0.03 <0.01 31% 36% 100%
11 Honeywell International 5,974,222,501 0.05 0.02 38% 46% 100%
8 Huntsman Corp. 12,439,304,302 <0.01 0.02 41% 42% 100%
28 Ingredion 869,510,827 0.76 26% 16% 100%
34 International Paper 610,213,141 3.21 0.02 39% 38% 24%
20 JBS 1,295,622,848 10.47 7.92 41% 37% 85%
87 KKR & Co. 50,701,970 <0.01 0.64 47% 83% 96%
22 Koch Industries 1,174,982,314 5.70 1.66 36% 22% 16%
23 Lonza 1,020,204,397 <0.01 <0.01 34% 89% 100%
2 LyondellBasell Industries 60,823,822,110 0.27 4.02 14% 27% 97%
32 Marathon Petroleum 689,999,735 0.75 0.40 21% 23% 45%
86 Masco 50,788,704 <0.01 <0.01 24% 10% 60%
72 Michelin 103,465,367 <0.01 <0.01 44% 57% 98%
41 Mitsubishi Chemical 329,646,223 <0.01 3.61 15% 25% 99%
25 Mitsui 892,914,408 <0.01 <0.01 35% 52% 100%
94 Nestle 38,209,386 0.11 0.62 35% 18% 81%
3 NextEra Energy 45,021,037,511 0.02 <0.01 36% 34% 100%
50 NiSource 251,460,407 0.03 26% 18% 100%
1 Northrop Grumman 148,935,444,216 <0.01 0.20 35% 11% 100%
99 NRG Energy 29,096,625 0.02 30% 4% 77%
66 Nucor 120,422,482 0.38 0.12 34% 15% 76%
80 Occidental Petroleum 65,013,073 0.13 0.15 57% 76% 63%
67 OGE Energy 119,693,118 0.01 48% 27% 100%
47 Olin Corp. 259,844,691 0.01 0.06 36% 14% 100%
37 Packaging Corporation of America 457,619,803 1.33 45% 5% 60%
55 Paper Excellence 218,436,434 0.64 30% 15% 38%
40 PBF Energy 390,493,407 7.69 0.36 30% 41% 91%
74 Pfizer 101,376,247 <0.01 1.07 32% 21% 100%
51 Phillips 66 249,389,802 5.62 0.21 32% 64% 52%
98 Post Holdings 30,609,417 0.22 0.02 17% 10% 100%
81 PPG Industries 61,652,088 <0.01 0.40 28% 20% 83%
38 PPL Corp. 413,086,022 0.20 35% 9% 59%
45 PTT Group 270,730,712 0.01 1.95 36% 52% 99%
56 Renco 211,083,255 0.01 40% 5% 93%
36 Republic Services 481,910,766 0.01 1.70 36% 56% 46%
19 Rio Tinto 1,455,203,633 0.01 <0.01 7% 25% 72%
82 Roper Technologies 56,315,314 0.04 27% 53% 100%
48 Saputo 254,283,554 0.10 2.71 51% 86% 69%
43 Southern Company 290,072,401 0.06 35% 30% 45%
95 Textron 33,542,695 <0.01 0.02 37% 38% 43%
73 Toray Industries 102,075,959 <0.01 <0.01 30% 20% 95%
60 United States Steel 172,436,438 2.61 <0.01 39% 16% 80%
54 Valero Energy 223,871,085 4.27 0.20 36% 62% 60%
100 Veolia Group 27,664,397 <0.01 2.29 24% 84% 95%
31 Vistra Energy 693,041,632 0.04 14% 4% 79%
30 Westlake Chemical 711,777,192 0.19 <0.01 20% 8% 94%
18 WestRock 1,563,761,619 0.91 4.74 31% 44% 80%
69 WH Group 111,795,907 10.98 1.49 21% 29% 84%

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 2020.

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, 2020; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.10. 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 list, the Fortune 500 list, the Fortune Global 500 list, the Russell 1000 list, or the S&P 500.  Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of mid 2022.  
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 2020 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.