Koch Industries
Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 45this company's penalties in Violation Tracker.this company's subsidies in Subsidy Tracker.rank 17 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list .rank 23 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list .rank 11 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list .display facilities ) (display chemicals at facilities )display advanced data instead )
Chemical Air releases (lbs) Incineration transfers (lbs) Toxic Score Percent of total company score EJ: Poor Share EJ: Minority Share
Cobalt compounds 3,668 0 565,928 69.73% 20.4% 64.4%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 250 0 42,494 5.24% 16.0% 23.8%
1,3-Butadiene 41,065 20,427 29,754 3.67% 20.6% 48.6%
Benzene 41,739 37 28,532 3.52% 15.4% 60.2%
Formaldehyde 229,491 30 25,416 3.13% 19.2% 40.2%
Nickel compounds 846 0 20,876 2.57% 11.6% 31.3%
Acetaldehyde 506,180 0 19,585 2.41% 27.8% 56.7%
Hydrogen sulfide 1,629,110 23 18,263 2.25% 20.9% 46.2%
Chloroform 31,400 0 16,570 2.04% 13.9% 24.6%
Hydrogen cyanide 167,465 54 12,235 1.51% 13.4% 45.7%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 404,263 0 9,469 1.17% 13.6% 47.5%
Chromium 10 0 5,223 0.64% 15.9% 44.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 1,073 126 3,407 0.42% 12.8% 37.6%
Chlorine 9,308 0 2,564 0.32% 24.7% 67.0%
Tetrachloroethylene 34,358 0 1,643 0.20% 9.3% 34.1%
Diisocyanates 601 6,162 1,431 0.18% 21.2% 55.3%
Naphthalene 2,388 35 1,098 0.14% 12.0% 47.2%
Nickel 83 0 946 0.12% 22.8% 53.4%
Trichloroethylene 16,099 0 887 0.11% 17.7% 74.2%
1,2-Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide) 5 0 868 0.11% 9.2% 33.1%
Acrolein 1,720 0 811 0.10% 22.0% 57.8%
Manganese compounds 5,454 0 704 0.09% 23.7% 53.0%
Chlorine dioxide 20,700 0 696 0.09% 21.5% 47.7%
Lead compounds 2,753 0 574 0.07% 10.8% 35.8%
Ethylbenzene 17,235 14,680 428 0.05% 12.8% 47.9%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 839,032 0 419 0.05% 18.1% 41.7%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 9,482,428 50,700 167 0.02% 17.2% 53.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 4,177 0 92 0.01% 16.5% 41.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 67,803 29,355 74 0.01% 13.7% 52.0%
Chloromethane 45,005 0 45 0.01% 23.1% 44.1%
Nitric acid 6,475 9 36 0.00% 17.3% 32.4%
Molybdenum trioxide 18 0 32 0.00% 8.9% 32.5%
Carbonyl sulfide 2,727 0 29 0.00% 11.4% 39.9%
Lead 133 0 27 0.00% 19.7% 48.9%
Biphenyl 2,632 0 26 0.00% 17.3% 69.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 18,327 293 24 0.00% 14.4% 55.7%
Epichlorohydrin 750 0 22 0.00% 26.8% 41.4%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 576 0 17 0.00% 13.5% 34.8%
Methanol 14,164,174 465,826 16 0.00% 19.6% 39.1%
Vanadium compounds 78 0 15 0.00% 13.3% 44.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 73,551 63 14 0.00% 12.7% 48.9%
Propylene 279,843 0 14 0.00% 20.5% 72.4%
Phenol 259,855 2,448 8 0.00% 21.7% 43.6%
Certain glycol ethers 429 60 8 0.00% 9.8% 34.6%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 26 1 7 0.00% 20.0% 71.4%
Zinc compounds 4,942 0 6 0.00% 11.5% 36.8%
p-Xylene 24,851 0 5 0.00% 18.3% 75.5%
Toluene 156,354 29,440 4 0.00% 13.1% 37.9%
m-Xylene 13,184 0 4 0.00% 18.7% 76.3%
Mercury compounds 109 0 4 0.00% 16.5% 39.0%
Acetonitrile 12,286 0 4 0.00% 20.6% 63.8%
Manganese 5 0 3 0.00% 16.0% 44.9%
Ozone 6,705 0 3 0.00% 21.6% 86.9%
Propionaldehyde 21,610 0 3 0.00% 21.3% 44.9%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 136,507 13,980 2 0.00% 22.4% 45.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 2 0.00% 18.6% 56.0%
Cumene 12,629 18 1 0.00% 16.4% 65.8%
o-Xylene 4,546 0 1 0.00% 18.7% 76.2%
Cyclohexane 243,676 572,410 1 0.00% 21.7% 56.9%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 42 2 1 0.00% 8.3% 32.9%
Ethylene 18,649 0 1 0.00% 19.3% 75.4%
Styrene 8,705 6,130 1 0.00% 10.4% 26.4%
Carbon disulfide 3,144 0 0 0.00% 11.1% 38.0%
Ethylene glycol 715 0 0 0.00% 9.2% 33.0%
Diethanolamine 4 0 0 0.00% 20.5% 90.6%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 60 0 0 0.00% 18.7% 75.8%
Selenium compounds 28 0 0 0.00% 10.1% 34.8%
Vinyl acetate 519 0 0 0.00% 22.1% 65.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 59,505 3,600 0 0.00% 12.5% 36.5%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 4,659 77 0 0.00% 18.9% 6.5%
Formic acid 1,532 0 0 0.00% 24.0% 64.6%
Anthracene 122 1 0 0.00% 12.6% 49.8%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 51 194 0 0.00% 19.0% 6.5%
Isoprene 2 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenanthrene 25 21 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyclohexanol 37,027 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dibenzofuran 619 1 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 666 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyanide compounds 0 573,027 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nicotine and salts 0 26,455 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes .
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