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
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.