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

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

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.