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

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