Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index (2023 Report, Based on 2021 Data)
1
Dow Inc. 97,260,947,708
0.77
0.63
42%
54%
98%
2
LyondellBasell Industries 26,757,753,954
0.23
4.51
16%
32%
93%
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%
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%
8
Boston Scientific Corp. 4,600,000,903
<0.01
25%
14%
100%
9
BASF 4,110,857,306
4.68
0.75
25%
12%
55%
10
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 4,082,638,286
0.01
0.11
40%
48%
100%
11
Indorama Ventures 4,058,101,756
0.57
0.87
42%
36%
76%
12
Renco 2,267,647,052
0.01
38%
5%
100%
13
JBS 2,114,279,521
9.64
7.55
45%
60%
73%
14
Cargill 1,663,889,215
6.48
0.37
25%
18%
85%
15
Eastman Chemical 1,608,526,517
1.41
7.17
43%
27%
99%
16
Koch Industries 1,194,173,842
5.00
1.29
37%
19%
15%
17
WestRock 1,096,583,354
0.80
4.99
28%
34%
74%
18
DTE Energy 991,060,120
0.04
<0.01
27%
24%
99%
19
Mitsui 911,481,255
<0.01
<0.01
37%
55%
100%
20
Rio Tinto 642,371,711
0.01
<0.01
13%
15%
68%
21
International Paper 633,817,641
2.96
0.03
30%
20%
24%
22
Vistra Energy 612,349,897
0.07
17%
3%
82%
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%
25
Marathon Petroleum 457,806,700
0.99
0.22
31%
33%
35%
26
Freeport-McMoRan 401,216,730
0.04
0.01
44%
48%
96%
27
Mitsubishi Chemical 393,977,762
<0.01
2.05
20%
26%
100%
28
NextEra Energy 390,000,000
<0.01
0%
0%
100%
29
FirstEnergy 354,254,692
0.02
35%
14%
92%
30
Chevron 348,255,376
3.23
0.18
26%
26%
48%
31
American Electric Power 325,271,882
0.07
41%
8%
72%
32
Westlake Chemical 313,478,665
0.20
<0.01
21%
12%
53%
33
PPL Corp. 305,493,907
0.21
30%
6%
87%
34
NiSource 303,644,708
0.04
25%
17%
100%
35
PTT Group 280,721,965
0.02
2.07
30%
18%
99%
36
Phillips 66 263,395,047
6.68
0.18
31%
62%
67%
37
Olin Corp. 254,141,243
0.01
0.06
44%
14%
100%
38
DuPont de Nemours 230,249,605
0.12
15.28
38%
36%
74%
39
Alcoa 222,021,498
0.01
10%
10%
99%
40
Archer Daniels Midland 214,778,086
0.02
1.53
37%
6%
45%
41
Chemours 206,669,899
0.88
<0.01
34%
27%
59%
42
Valero Energy 200,928,682
4.19
0.17
30%
62%
61%
43
Berkshire Hathaway 179,003,302
0.12
1.44
26%
21%
42%
44
Cleveland-Cliffs 178,540,740
16.78
0.21
31%
29%
33%
45
Toray Industries 177,208,903
<0.01
0.01
0%
0%
97%
46
Ingredion 172,773,444
0.92
26%
16%
100%
47
Arkema 167,958,713
0.12
0.64
16%
30%
98%
48
Southern Company 163,387,853
0.05
34%
25%
68%
49
Saputo 162,708,003
0.10
2.79
64%
85%
97%
50
Coca-Cola Co. 158,105,158
0.30
52%
55%
100%
51
United States Steel 154,131,237
2.96
<0.01
43%
11%
86%
52
Takeda Pharmaceutical 152,078,414
0.04
40%
83%
100%
53
Danone 150,296,599
2.49
0%
0%
99%
54
Formosa Plastics 140,095,774
0.01
<0.01
45%
65%
55%
55
PepsiCo 127,926,229
0.33
20%
77%
98%
56
Clean Harbors Inc. 126,248,128
<0.01
0.07
36%
65%
92%
57
Evonik Industries 123,035,573
0.25
0.38
53%
66%
81%
58
AES Corp. 122,864,680
<0.01
29%
2%
94%
59
WH Group 118,004,155
10.93
0.95
22%
30%
86%
60
Ashland Global Holdings 116,701,254
0.07
14.00
27%
47%
52%
61
Cabot Corp. 113,727,525
<0.01
35%
24%
100%
62
Graphic Packaging 111,951,595
0.49
0.09
36%
13%
64%
63
Covestro 108,572,159
0.23
<0.01
39%
5%
98%
64
BMW 106,757,063
0.83
31%
33%
100%
65
Boston Beer Co. 103,960,597
<0.01
0.48
13%
28%
81%
66
Sylvamo 92,808,350
0.31
65%
83%
85%
67
OGE Energy 89,102,226
0.01
47%
28%
98%
68
PPG Industries 85,780,507
<0.01
0.56
31%
19%
87%
69
Republic Services 84,306,057
<0.01
1.35
33%
29%
59%
70
Nucor 78,793,471
0.43
0.12
31%
23%
62%
71
Halliburton 78,271,061
<0.01
0.03
30%
37%
88%
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%
76
Blackstone 67,927,972
0.01
<0.01
33%
24%
99%
77
Occidental Petroleum 65,898,582
0.14
0.14
36%
64%
55%
78
Pfizer 62,896,970
<0.01
0.67
31%
20%
100%
79
Masco 62,356,259
<0.01
<0.01
23%
9%
71%
80
Carlyle Group 61,401,053
0.01
0.24
20%
13%
28%
81
Abbott Laboratories 60,463,440
0.03
52%
32%
100%
82
KKR & Co. 49,822,973
<0.01
0.52
31%
16%
97%
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%
86
3M Company 41,378,695
0.28
0.19
26%
58%
63%
87
Graham Holdings 38,186,000
<0.01
23%
50%
60%
88
Cardinal Health 36,080,002
<0.01
41%
64%
100%
89
Mosaic Co. 34,610,207
0.08
42%
39%
89%
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%
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%
94
Huntington Ingalls Industries 30,558,787
<0.01
<0.01
33%
52%
87%
95
Textron 29,465,630
<0.01
0.02
35%
42%
46%
96
Spirit AeroSystems 29,026,840
<0.01
0.07
41%
33%
100%
97
Intel 27,889,617
1.16
21%
36%
54%
98
J.R. Simplot 27,372,819
0.25
39%
24%
99%
99
Toyota 27,179,948
<0.01
0.43
33%
19%
83%
100
Hitachi 23,404,440
<0.01
<0.01
27%
4%
66%
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. 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 .
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