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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 21
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 122,185
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 1,967,247
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 185,892
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 783,604,342
Percentage of national total 2015 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.3%

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This company is rank 3 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 5 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Chromium and chromium compounds 1,052 1,388 1,380 689,756,681 88.02%
Acrylonitrile 0 1,858 145 78,359,268 10.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 73 5 6,984,641 0.89%
Vinyl chloride 0 34 3 3,870,898 0.49%
Lead and lead compounds 178 35 190 3,426,772 0.44%
Copper and copper compounds 242 643 419 628,560 0.08%
Nickel and nickel compounds 474 2,831 2,221 202,143 0.03%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 507 0 507 70,980 0.01%
tert-Butyl alcohol 0 12,892 6,995 69,952 0.01%
Nitrate compounds 105,948 1,717,627 105,948 66,747 0.01%
Barium and barium compounds 6,597 2,324 7,317 36,586 0.00%
Cyanide compounds 0 152 149 29,825 0.00%
Manganese and manganese compounds 3,430 618 3,808 27,034 0.00%
n-Butyl alcohol 0 26,531 2,099 20,986 0.00%
Formaldehyde 0 38,731 3,071 15,357 0.00%
Antimony and antimony compounds 5 0 5 12,625 0.00%
Phenol 0 26,887 2,111 6,965 0.00%
Glycol ethers 0 378 30 5,402 0.00%
Benzene 0 1 0 3,251 0.00%
Zinc and zinc compounds 545 217 618 2,041 0.00%
Methanol 0 21,943 1,740 1,740 0.00%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 0 564 81 1,615 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 3,164 5 3,164 1,582 0.00%
Ethyl acrylate 0 0 0 1,094 0.00%
Toluene 0 1,180 59 773 0.00%
Mercury and mercury compounds 0 0 0 487 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 1 0 118 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 0 1 0 112 0.00%
Diphenylamine 2 3 2 68 0.00%
Molybdenum trioxide 0 0 0 10 0.00%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) 0 5 0 8 0.00%
Methyl acrylate 0 3 0 8 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 3 0 6 0.00%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0 5 0 4 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 9 0 2 0.00%
Carbon disulfide 0 1 0 1 0.00%
Vinyl acetate 0 1 0 0 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 0 1 0 0 0.00%
Butyl acrylate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diethanolamine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrylic acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds 29 124 114 0 0.00%
Titanium tetrachloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nitric acid 0 1,118 0 0 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 12 108,947 43,700 0 0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Sodium nitrite 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl alcohol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl chloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,3-Butadiene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2-Butylene oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzyl chloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Styrene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cumene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrylamide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Maleic anhydride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cyclohexane 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-methylolacrylamide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 113 9 0 0.00%
Carbonyl sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrazine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dimethylamine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2015, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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