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%
3	NextEra Energy	45,021,037,511	0.02	<0.01	36%	34%	100%
6	Celanese	16,847,820,281	0.07	8.84	14%	26%	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%
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%
15	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	2,899,970,992	0.01	0.06	42%	55%	100%
17	ChampionX Corporation	2,264,731,428	0.05	0.01	48%	62%	100%
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%
29	Holcim Group	756,775,967	0.03	<0.01	31%	36%	100%
47	Olin Corp.	259,844,691	0.01	0.06	36%	14%	100%
50	NiSource	251,460,407	0.03		26%	18%	100%
58	Coca-Cola Co.	181,551,179		0.26	47%	61%	100%
59	Compass Group	181,480,644		<0.01	29%	14%	100%
67	OGE Energy	119,693,118	0.01		48%	27%	100%
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%
79	Cardinal Health	66,000,000		<0.01	35%	60%	100%
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%
85	Abbott Laboratories	52,058,214		0.03	45%	33%	100%
88	General Mills	46,382,998	<0.01	0.11	37%	6%	100%
89	Cabot Corp.	41,702,111	<0.01		36%	26%	100%
98	Post Holdings	30,609,417	0.22	0.02	17%	10%	100%
5	Cargill	25,038,754,640	3.04	0.44	26%	16%	99%
26	DTE Energy	881,966,726	0.04	<0.01	23%	26%	99%
41	Mitsubishi Chemical	329,646,223	<0.01	3.61	15%	25%	99%
45	PTT Group	270,730,712	0.01	1.95	36%	52%	99%
49	Alcoa	253,600,052	0.02	<0.01	10%	29%	99%
70	Covestro	108,561,216	0.31	<0.01	38%	12%	99%
24	Eastman Chemical	1,001,872,077	1.98	3.99	32%	40%	98%
63	Clean Harbors Inc.	136,431,525	0.01	0.04	61%	79%	98%
72	Michelin	103,465,367	<0.01	<0.01	44%	57%	98%
2	LyondellBasell Industries	60,823,822,110	0.27	4.02	14%	27%	97%
4	Dow Inc.	39,668,371,826	0.36	0.18	48%	63%	97%
39	Freeport-McMoRan	409,716,428	0.05	0.01	42%	51%	97%
87	KKR & Co.	50,701,970	<0.01	0.64	47%	83%	96%
73	Toray Industries	102,075,959	<0.01	<0.01	30%	20%	95%
100	Veolia Group	27,664,397	<0.01	2.29	24%	84%	95%
10	Duke Energy	6,603,750,310	0.16		7%	4%	94%
16	Energy Capital Partners	2,398,952,499	<0.01	<0.01	24%	33%	94%
30	Westlake Chemical	711,777,192	0.19	<0.01	20%	8%	94%
62	Danone	145,468,043		2.64	0%	0%	94%
56	Renco	211,083,255	0.01		40%	5%	93%
40	PBF Energy	390,493,407	7.69	0.36	30%	41%	91%
93	Deere	38,309,760	0.02	0.09	40%	29%	88%
65	Graham Holdings	133,184,035	<0.01		18%	53%	86%
84	Halliburton	52,247,128	<0.01	0.01	27%	47%	86%
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%
35	Formosa Plastics	496,913,402	0.01	0.01	50%	64%	85%
69	WH Group	111,795,907	10.98	1.49	21%	29%	84%
81	PPG Industries	61,652,088	<0.01	0.40	28%	20%	83%
91	ConAgra Brands	40,226,796		0.49	0%	0%	82%
94	Nestle	38,209,386	0.11	0.62	35%	18%	81%
18	WestRock	1,563,761,619	0.91	4.74	31%	44%	80%
46	Ashland Global Holdings	268,927,296	0.06	13.73	22%	50%	80%
60	United States Steel	172,436,438	2.61	<0.01	39%	16%	80%
31	Vistra Energy	693,041,632	0.04		14%	4%	79%
99	NRG Energy	29,096,625	0.02		30%	4%	77%
66	Nucor	120,422,482	0.38	0.12	34%	15%	76%
61	Blackstone	153,313,239	0.03	<0.01	25%	15%	75%
52	DuPont de Nemours	232,495,041	2.39	14.96	49%	42%	74%
19	Rio Tinto	1,455,203,633	0.01	<0.01	7%	25%	72%
27	American Electric Power	873,808,266	0.11		39%	8%	69%
33	Chevron	646,069,961	0.99	0.20	27%	24%	69%
48	Saputo	254,283,554	0.10	2.71	51%	86%	69%
7	Clayton Dubilier & Rice	12,447,140,628	<0.01	0.03	61%	67%	66%
68	Graphic Packaging	115,515,623	0.43	0.08	47%	41%	64%
92	3M Company	38,977,503	0.75	0.18	23%	34%	64%
80	Occidental Petroleum	65,013,073	0.13	0.15	57%	76%	63%
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%
37	Packaging Corporation of America	457,619,803	1.33		45%	5%	60%
53	FirstEnergy	228,335,170	0.02		36%	16%	60%
54	Valero Energy	223,871,085	4.27	0.20	36%	62%	60%
86	Masco	50,788,704	<0.01	<0.01	24%	10%	60%
38	PPL Corp.	413,086,022	0.20		35%	9%	59%
97	Harsco	31,792,124	<0.01	0.04	30%	28%	57%
51	Phillips 66	249,389,802	5.62	0.21	32%	64%	52%
57	Evonik Industries	190,311,167	0.30	0.49	51%	77%	52%
9	Canopus International	10,293,380,451	0.44	0.91	37%	26%	51%
36	Republic Services	481,910,766	0.01	1.70	36%	56%	46%
32	Marathon Petroleum	689,999,735	0.75	0.40	21%	23%	45%
43	Southern Company	290,072,401	0.06		35%	30%	45%
71	Berkshire Hathaway	103,475,893	0.14	1.93	24%	48%	44%
96	HF Sinclair Corporation	33,539,698	0.05	0.01	41%	20%	44%
95	Textron	33,542,695	<0.01	0.02	37%	38%	43%
55	Paper Excellence	218,436,434	0.64		30%	15%	38%
64	Cleveland-Cliffs	136,216,950	17.32	0.15	30%	22%	28%
78	Carlyle Group	73,199,098	0.01	0.27	16%	17%	28%
44	Exxon Mobil	283,394,911	2.35	0.01	51%	77%	27%
34	International Paper	610,213,141	3.21	0.02	39%	38%	24%
90	Continental Grain	41,486,953	1.13	0.01	46%	26%	24%
22	Koch Industries	1,174,982,314	5.70	1.66	36%	22%	16%

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.