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

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

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.