Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2023 Report, Based on 2021 Data)

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86 3M Company 41,378,695 0.28 0.19 26% 58% 63%
81 Abbott Laboratories 60,463,440 0.03 52% 32% 100%
58 AES Corp. 122,864,680 <0.01 29% 2% 94%
39 Alcoa 222,021,498 0.01 10% 10% 99%
31 American Electric Power 325,271,882 0.07 41% 8% 72%
40 Archer Daniels Midland 214,778,086 0.02 1.53 37% 6% 45%
47 Arkema 167,958,713 0.12 0.64 16% 30% 98%
60 Ashland Global Holdings 116,701,254 0.07 14.00 27% 47% 52%
73 Barrick Gold 73,795,096 <0.01 51% 26% 100%
9 BASF 4,110,857,306 4.68 0.75 25% 12% 55%
43 Berkshire Hathaway 179,003,302 0.12 1.44 26% 21% 42%
76 Blackstone 67,927,972 0.01 <0.01 33% 24% 99%
64 BMW 106,757,063 0.83 31% 33% 100%
65 Boston Beer Co. 103,960,597 <0.01 0.48 13% 28% 81%
8 Boston Scientific Corp. 4,600,000,903 <0.01 25% 14% 100%
61 Cabot Corp. 113,727,525 <0.01 35% 24% 100%
88 Cardinal Health 36,080,002 <0.01 41% 64% 100%
14 Cargill 1,663,889,215 6.48 0.37 25% 18% 85%
80 Carlyle Group 61,401,053 0.01 0.24 20% 13% 28%
3 Celanese 20,618,319,265 0.07 7.78 16% 30% 100%
41 Chemours 206,669,899 0.88 <0.01 34% 27% 59%
30 Chevron 348,255,376 3.23 0.18 26% 26% 48%
56 Clean Harbors Inc. 126,248,128 <0.01 0.07 36% 65% 92%
44 Cleveland-Cliffs 178,540,740 16.78 0.21 31% 29% 33%
50 Coca-Cola Co. 158,105,158 0.30 52% 55% 100%
63 Covestro 108,572,159 0.23 <0.01 39% 5% 98%
53 Danone 150,296,599 2.49 0% 0% 99%
85 Delta Air Lines 42,459,893 0.23 0.01 45% 49% 100%
1 Dow Inc. 97,260,947,708 0.77 0.63 42% 54% 98%
18 DTE Energy 991,060,120 0.04 <0.01 27% 24% 99%
7 Duke Energy 7,047,381,817 0.17 20% 5% 97%
38 DuPont de Nemours 230,249,605 0.12 15.28 38% 36% 74%
15 Eastman Chemical 1,608,526,517 1.41 7.17 43% 27% 99%
57 Evonik Industries 123,035,573 0.25 0.38 53% 66% 81%
6 Exxon Mobil 7,168,257,220 2.42 0.01 39% 67% 97%
29 FirstEnergy 354,254,692 0.02 35% 14% 92%
54 Formosa Plastics 140,095,774 0.01 <0.01 45% 65% 55%
26 Freeport-McMoRan 401,216,730 0.04 0.01 44% 48% 96%
83 General Mills 49,241,568 <0.01 0.11 42% 5% 100%
10 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 4,082,638,286 0.01 0.11 40% 48% 100%
87 Graham Holdings 38,186,000 <0.01 23% 50% 60%
62 Graphic Packaging 111,951,595 0.49 0.09 36% 13% 64%
71 Halliburton 78,271,061 <0.01 0.03 30% 37% 88%
75 Hexcel 70,994,968 <0.01 0.48 31% 47% 100%
100 Hitachi 23,404,440 <0.01 <0.01 27% 4% 66%
5 Honeywell International 7,322,811,753 0.07 0.01 39% 47% 100%
94 Huntington Ingalls Industries 30,558,787 <0.01 <0.01 33% 52% 87%
4 Huntsman Corp. 13,807,627,303 0.01 0.03 39% 42% 100%
90 Icahn Enterprises 33,496,246 0.19 0.11 31% 29% 76%
11 Indorama Ventures 4,058,101,756 0.57 0.87 42% 36% 76%
46 Ingredion 172,773,444 0.92 26% 16% 100%
97 Intel 27,889,617 1.16 21% 36% 54%
21 International Paper 633,817,641 2.96 0.03 30% 20% 24%
98 J.R. Simplot 27,372,819 0.25 39% 24% 99%
13 JBS 2,114,279,521 9.64 7.55 45% 60% 73%
82 KKR & Co. 49,822,973 <0.01 0.52 31% 16% 97%
16 Koch Industries 1,194,173,842 5.00 1.29 37% 19% 15%
2 LyondellBasell Industries 26,757,753,954 0.23 4.51 16% 32% 93%
25 Marathon Petroleum 457,806,700 0.99 0.22 31% 33% 35%
79 Masco 62,356,259 <0.01 <0.01 23% 9% 71%
27 Mitsubishi Chemical 393,977,762 <0.01 2.05 20% 26% 100%
19 Mitsui 911,481,255 <0.01 <0.01 37% 55% 100%
89 Mosaic Co. 34,610,207 0.08 42% 39% 89%
91 Nestle 32,502,466 0.10 0.65 44% 42% 76%
28 NextEra Energy 390,000,000 <0.01 0% 0% 100%
34 NiSource 303,644,708 0.04 25% 17% 100%
84 Novo Holdings A/S 48,922,303 <0.01 0.24 37% 42% 100%
70 Nucor 78,793,471 0.43 0.12 31% 23% 62%
77 Occidental Petroleum 65,898,582 0.14 0.14 36% 64% 55%
92 OCI N.V. 31,514,608 0.10 <0.01 20% 8% 100%
67 OGE Energy 89,102,226 0.01 47% 28% 98%
37 Olin Corp. 254,141,243 0.01 0.06 44% 14% 100%
23 Packaging Corporation of America 551,201,647 1.10 46% 17% 47%
24 PBF Energy 518,759,486 6.36 0.30 23% 35% 94%
74 Peabody Energy 71,940,755 0.01 29% 10% 100%
55 PepsiCo 127,926,229 0.33 20% 77% 98%
78 Pfizer 62,896,970 <0.01 0.67 31% 20% 100%
36 Phillips 66 263,395,047 6.68 0.18 31% 62% 67%
68 PPG Industries 85,780,507 <0.01 0.56 31% 19% 87%
33 PPL Corp. 305,493,907 0.21 30% 6% 87%
35 PTT Group 280,721,965 0.02 2.07 30% 18% 99%
12 Renco 2,267,647,052 0.01 38% 5% 100%
69 Republic Services 84,306,057 <0.01 1.35 33% 29% 59%
20 Rio Tinto 642,371,711 0.01 <0.01 13% 15% 68%
72 Roper Technologies 75,319,720 0.05 31% 47% 100%
49 Saputo 162,708,003 0.10 2.79 64% 85% 97%
48 Southern Company 163,387,853 0.05 34% 25% 68%
96 Spirit AeroSystems 29,026,840 <0.01 0.07 41% 33% 100%
66 Sylvamo 92,808,350 0.31 65% 83% 85%
52 Takeda Pharmaceutical 152,078,414 0.04 40% 83% 100%
95 Textron 29,465,630 <0.01 0.02 35% 42% 46%
45 Toray Industries 177,208,903 <0.01 0.01 0% 0% 97%
99 Toyota 27,179,948 <0.01 0.43 33% 19% 83%
51 United States Steel 154,131,237 2.96 <0.01 43% 11% 86%
42 Valero Energy 200,928,682 4.19 0.17 30% 62% 61%
93 Veolia Group 31,258,170 <0.01 2.68 28% 68% 100%
22 Vistra Energy 612,349,897 0.07 17% 3% 82%
32 Westlake Chemical 313,478,665 0.20 <0.01 21% 12% 53%
17 WestRock 1,096,583,354 0.80 4.99 28% 34% 74%
59 WH Group 118,004,155 10.93 0.95 22% 30% 86%

Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes).

This edition of the Toxic 100 Water Polluters 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 2021.

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, 2021; (2) toxicity weights and hazard calculation: US EPA's Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.11. 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 2023. 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 Polluters. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.