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

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

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.