PERI: Toxic 100 Index

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

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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