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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 24
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 141,401
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 2,170,135
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 274,957
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 723,790,975
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.3%

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This company is rank 13 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Chromium 300 1,862 739 369,746,162 51.08%
Chromium compounds 639 64 654 327,052,000 45.19%
Acrylonitrile 0 490 38 20,644,167 2.85%
Lead compounds 134 12 138 2,491,147 0.34%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 75 6 992,275 0.14%
Copper 337 796 556 834,602 0.12%
Vinyl chloride 0 5 0 535,095 0.07%
1,3-Butadiene 5 0 5 495,000 0.07%
Nickel 856 2,560 2,436 221,659 0.03%
Lead 1 26 10 185,302 0.03%
Copper compounds 59 78 80 120,256 0.02%
tert-Butyl alcohol 0 20,490 11,118 111,179 0.02%
Nitrate compounds 129,211 1,702,567 129,211 81,403 0.01%
Vanadium compounds 414 0 414 57,960 0.01%
Formaldehyde 0 142,344 11,288 56,439 0.01%
Barium compounds 5,525 8,782 8,245 41,227 0.01%
Cyanide compounds 0 186 182 36,497 0.01%
Manganese compounds 2,020 2,018 3,254 23,103 0.00%
Mercury compounds 2 0 2 16,080 0.00%
Antimony compounds 5 0 5 12,625 0.00%
n-Butyl alcohol 0 15,140 1,198 11,976 0.00%
Glycol ethers 0 415 33 5,929 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 0 45 5 5,004 0.00%
Nickel compounds 11 36 33 3,023 0.00%
Methanol 1,376 5,964 1,849 1,849 0.00%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 0 612 88 1,753 0.00%
Zinc compounds 326 299 427 1,409 0.00%
Nitric acid 5 915 5 1,350 0.00%
Manganese 137 21 150 1,066 0.00%
Phenol 0 3,562 280 923 0.00%
Ethyl acrylate 0 0 0 912 0.00%
Toluene 0 1,014 51 665 0.00%
Styrene 0 1,176 60 300 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 131 5 263 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 0 3,048 232 165 0.00%
Diphenylamine 4 0 4 135 0.00%
Acetophenone 5 5 5 54 0.00%
Vinylidene chloride 0 5 0 8 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 1 0 6 0.00%
Methyl acrylate 0 2 0 6 0.00%
Carbon disulfide 0 2 0 3 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 4 0 1 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 0 16 1 1 0.00%
Vinyl acetate 0 1 0 0 0.00%
Butyl acrylate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diethanolamine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nonylphenol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 0 254,373 102,004 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Selenium 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ozone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt compounds 1 0 1 0 0.00%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Arsenic compounds 0 0 0 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%
Thiram 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Maleic anhydride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl alcohol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl chloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1-Bromopropane 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2-Butylene oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzyl chloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cumene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrylic acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrylamide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrazine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Titanium tetrachloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Zinc (fume or dust) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cyclohexane 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt 30 57 69 0 0.00%
Antimony 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Mercury 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Molybdenum trioxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Decabromodiphenyl oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-Methylolacrylamide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 936 74 0 0.00%
Carbonyl sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diethyl sulfate 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 2017, 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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