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Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index (2021 Report, Based on 2019 Data)

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1 Boeing 21,105,144 0.25 0.01 14% 36% 100%
2 LyondellBasell 12,599,132 5.15 3.14 16% 68% 70%
3 Huntsman 11,137,063 0.69 6.68 14% 45% 54%
4 Linde 9,615,218 0.37 <0.01 15% 48% 78%
5 BASF 8,834,947 5.02 7.32 19% 36% 40%
6 Dow Inc. 6,858,422 5.89 9.03 19% 49% 45%
7 Celanese 5,791,002 0.83 7.32 14% 61% 100%

Assa Abloy, previously ranked at number 8 among the Toxic 100 Air, has submitted data to the U.S. E.P.A. revising its 2019 TRI reporting. Based on the revision, Assa Abloy is ranked 98th on the Toxic 100 Air. The next edition of the Toxic 100 will reflect the most current information from the E.P.A.

8 Baker Hughes 3,747,413 0.65 0.03 17% 46% 41%
9 Eastman Chemical 3,440,587 4.88 1.50 20% 44% 80%
10 Ecolab 3,247,008 0.06 1.35 16% 79% 97%
11 Carlyle Group 3,116,719 0.59 0.15 17% 70% 61%
12 O'Neal Industries 3,084,376 <0.01 23% 55% 95%
13 Howmet Aerospace 3,074,691 0.24 0.12 16% 43% 41%
14 Berkshire Hathaway 2,985,197 2.31 0.55 15% 38% 22%
15 Royal Dutch Shell 2,782,459 2.07 0.01 15% 54% 47%
16 Northrop Grumman 2,620,892 0.31 0.12 19% 15% 99%
17 Kubota 2,525,918 0.01 14% 43% 100%
18 Saint-Gobain 2,240,652 0.62 0.07 10% 34% 99%
19 General Electric 2,079,308 0.54 0.05 22% 26% 62%
20 Rio Tinto 1,968,937 0.12 <0.01 8% 30% 89%
21 Tesla Inc. 1,914,425 0.31 0.13 11% 38% 100%
22 Ashland Global Holdings 1,855,777 1.53 0.14 22% 56% 71%
23 Albemarle 1,793,564 0.49 0.93 18% 73% 79%
24 TMS International 1,782,250 0.03 28% 69% 84%
25 Exxon Mobil 1,758,433 8.16 0.45 21% 70% 29%
26 Mitsui 1,674,870 0.09 0.01 26% 69% 100%
27 Marathon Petroleum 1,649,704 4.52 0.17 16% 52% 35%
28 Kennametal 1,563,228 1.34 13% 28% 63%
29 Baxter International 1,501,401 0.03 0.14 12% 6% 100%
30 Becton Dickinson 1,421,105 0.17 <0.01 16% 53% 57%
31 Ametek 1,382,868 0.19 11% 37% 95%
32 Occidental Petroleum 1,369,928 0.59 8.40 18% 70% 40%
33 Phillips 66 1,291,471 4.60 0.12 16% 60% 30%
34 Air Products & Chemicals 1,275,573 0.26 <0.01 13% 38% 100%
35 Lockheed Martin 1,163,147 0.02 0.01 22% 77% 100%
36 Koch Industries 1,134,098 28.02 1.36 18% 50% 33%
37 Kingspan plc 1,106,209 0.04 10% 16% 100%
38 Chevron 1,084,686 2.69 0.15 16% 68% 46%
39 Valero Energy 1,081,893 4.51 0.13 18% 64% 32%
40 Freeport-McMoRan 989,241 4.45 <0.01 22% 61% 96%
41 Parker-Hannifin 904,778 0.33 1.74 16% 21% 83%
42 Tenneco 891,180 0.11 16% 31% 38%
43 Evonik Industries 833,926 0.57 0.49 18% 40% 45%
44 Cleveland-Cliffs 828,444 1.39 0.11 25% 47% 20%
45 General Dynamics 779,711 0.22 0.10 16% 66% 90%
46 Solvay 765,976 0.82 3.41 15% 58% 38%
47 Akzo Nobel 739,414 0.09 <0.01 19% 66% 99%
48 Emerson Electric 729,205 0.01 18% 41% 69%
49 Carpenter Technology 727,772 0.04 17% 40% 79%
50 Canopus International 722,464 1.92 0.04 16% 40% 70%
51 PBF Energy 676,473 2.04 0.01 16% 62% 45%
52 Allegheny Technologies 650,071 0.21 0.08 13% 13% 46%
53 Ingredion 624,621 0.54 15% 34% 63%
54 Lincoln Electric Holdings 623,060 <0.01 <0.01 13% 72% 99%
55 Trinity Industries 571,581 0.11 24% 42% 45%
56 KKR & Co. 560,864 0.04 <0.01 17% 44% 76%
57 United States Steel 540,865 1.88 1.38 23% 59% 73%
58 Edwards Lifesciences 532,032 <0.01 48% 95% 100%
59 Stellantis 525,399 1.36 0.07 11% 21% 53%
60 Terumo 504,457 0.04 10% 33% 100%
61 Westlake Chemical 487,073 3.12 1.16 16% 31% 25%
62 Middleby Corp. 463,336 <0.01 12% 22% 90%
63 TechnipFMC 432,289 <0.01 19% 75% 100%
64 Deere 417,781 0.17 <0.01 18% 30% 89%
65 Nucor 415,220 0.55 <0.01 17% 34% 25%
66 DuPont de Nemours 414,261 1.40 3.35 18% 20% 82%
67 American Electric Power 413,991 1.87 13% 10% 51%
68 Sasol 403,777 0.80 0.16 16% 26% 100%
69 Clean Harbors Inc. 393,545 0.17 9.62 22% 58% 42%
70 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 390,887 0.96 0.06 22% 77% 71%
71 Henkel 353,382 0.06 <0.01 24% 50% 84%
72 American Industrial Partners 345,080 0.67 0.02 9% 11% 99%
73 Formosa Plastics 341,852 1.31 6.86 22% 70% 66%
74 Medtronic 324,092 0.02 0.06 15% 49% 93%
75 Leggett & Platt 316,711 0.13 0.05 8% 39% 91%
76 Johnson & Johnson 313,525 0.03 0.05 13% 41% 56%
77 ChemChina 303,102 0.24 0.13 23% 83% 99%
78 Umicore 292,304 0.01 17% 36% 69%
79 PPG Industries 292,124 0.36 1.43 14% 25% 50%
80 Targa Resources 290,338 0.04 22% 86% 100%
81 Cornerstone Building Brands 285,023 0.20 15% 56% 48%
82 Raytheon Technologies 272,904 0.06 <0.01 11% 25% 47%
83 Graphic Packaging 270,561 8.12 26% 43% 80%
84 Zimmer Biomet 260,572 <0.01 14% 55% 90%
85 International Paper 260,182 34.27 <0.01 19% 38% 19%
86 BAE Systems 255,433 0.02 <0.01 22% 59% 72%
87 Granite Construction 252,782 0.03 <0.01 20% 63% 79%
88 Royal DSM 244,695 0.05 1.28 14% 22% 100%
89 Whirlpool Corp. 244,469 0.20 17% 15% 50%
90 Eaton 242,395 0.11 11% 24% 88%
91 Schlumberger 237,726 <0.01 0.21 25% 78% 92%
92 Commercial Metals Co. 235,070 0.06 29% 41% 70%
93 General Motors 232,498 3.04 0.01 17% 46% 38%
94 HeidelbergCement 231,246 0.41 8% 43% 49%
95 Owens Corning 223,836 0.83 <0.01 16% 42% 25%
96 Pentair 221,891 0.01 19% 51% 100%
97 Lonza 220,228 0.30 0.12 16% 35% 37%
98 Assa Abloy 214,764 0.10 <0.01 12% 42% 98%
99 ABB Ltd. 211,457 0.09 0.02 13% 23% 86%
100 Spirit Aerosystems Holdings 209,298 0.50 20% 46% 100%

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

This edition of the Toxic 100 Air ranks companies by comparative chronic human health risk from air pollutants directly released or transferred to incinerators (and not destroyed) from large facilities in the US in 2019.

RSEI score: Estimated population chronic health human health risk from air releases and incineration transfers reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for the 2019 Reporting Year, as computed by the US EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI ver. 2.3.9) from quantity released, toxicity of chemicals, and population exposure. Data are adjusted by the Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP) for subsequent revisions to TRI data, including where available revisions to the share of hexavalent chromium in chromium releases.
Source: US EPA and Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP).

Quantity of toxic air releases and incineration transfers: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released to the air on-site or transferred offsite for incineration in the TRI 2019 Reporting Year, without adjustment for toxicity or population exposure.  
Source: US EPA.

Environmental Justice (EJ): Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the total population health risk borne by people living below the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 10.5 percent lived below the poverty line in 2019 and 40 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups.  
Sources: US EPA, US Census, and CTIP.

Coverage: This table presents the RSEI companies that appear on the Forbes Global 2000 list, the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies 2020 ranking, the Fortune 500 list for 2021, the Fortune Global 500 for 2021, or the S&P 500 as of 9/24/2021.  Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on their ownership structure as of late 2021.  
Source: CTIP.>

The links from each parent name lead to an application that gives detailed facility and chemical information about the company. You can also search for companies not on the Toxic 100 Air. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.