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
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.