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

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

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.