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 .
Chemicals displayed below: ( display facilities ) ( display chemicals at facilities )
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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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