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Berkshire Hathaway

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 49
Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 133,732
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 1,894,727
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 212,819,446

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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 191 1,356 98,303,334 46.19%
Chromium compounds 604 0 53,985,002 25.37%
Acrylonitrile 0 83 44,820,001 21.06%
Vinyl chloride 0 6 8,490,786 3.99%
Copper 338 813 1,727,076 0.81%
Nitrate compounds 121,598 1,723,489 1,162,404 0.55%
Ethyl acrylate 0 14 691,200 0.32%
Lead 0 34 618,652 0.29%
1,3-Butadiene 5 0 550,000 0.26%
Lead compounds 12 19 545,994 0.26%
Formaldehyde 0 97,849 489,245 0.23%
Nickel 654 2,531 289,828 0.14%
Copper compounds 68 104 257,662 0.12%
Nitric acid 0 715 193,050 0.09%
tert-Butyl alcohol 0 14,333 143,330 0.07%
n-Butyl alcohol 0 9,924 99,237 0.05%
Toluene 0 6,573 85,449 0.04%
Barium compounds 5,373 10,869 81,208 0.04%
Glycol ethers 0 451 81,189 0.04%
Ethylbenzene 0 47 51,695 0.02%
Manganese compounds 2,731 1,956 33,278 0.02%
Vanadium compounds 174 0 24,360 0.01%
Cyanide compounds 0 89 17,800 0.01%
Phenol 0 5,327 17,579 0.01%
Triethylamine 0 29 14,500 0.01%
Antimony compounds 5 0 12,500 0.01%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 0 438 8,760 0.00%
Methanol 1,487 5,813 7,300 0.00%
Nickel compounds 34 34 6,188 0.00%
Manganese 20 643 4,709 0.00%
Zinc compounds 404 472 2,892 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 29 1,450 0.00%
Mercury compounds 0 0 1,000 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 3 300 0.00%
Acetophenone 5 5 100 0.00%
Methyl acrylate 0 2 74 0.00%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) 0 3 56 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 9 46 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 42 0.00%
Carbon disulfide 0 4 40 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 0 74 37 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 0 52 37 0.00%
Styrene 0 5 25 0.00%
Butyl acrylate 0 8 16 0.00%
Acrylic acid 0 4 8 0.00%
Vinyl acetate 0 6 6 0.00%
Diethanolamine 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrazine 0 0 0 0.00%
Sodium nitrite 0 0 0 0.00%
Nonylphenol 0 0 0 0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
Molybdenum trioxide 0 0 0 0.00%
Cumene 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt 25 154 0 0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 109 0 0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 0 10,249 0 0.00%
1-Bromopropane 0 0 0 0.00%
Mercury 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrylamide 0 0 0 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene oxide 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt compounds 4 0 0 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2018, 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.

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