Research Areas / Environmental and Energy Economics / Corporate Toxics Information Project / Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index 2010 / Toxic 100 Air Polluters
March 2010
All TRI Rank
Corporation
Toxic score
Millions of
Millions of
EJ: Poor Share
EJ: Minority Share
1
Bayer Group
189,649
0.72
8.88
9.0%
33.8%
2
ExxonMobil
170,689
10.21
0.20
24.3%
65.2%
3
Sunoco
138,743
3.88
0.81
17.5%
38.5%
4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours
122,436
12.43
22.82
16.5%
38.3%
5
ArcelorMittal
117,510
1.40
0.02
21.4%
63.2%
6
Steel Dynamics Inc.
99,952
0.74
0.00
24.6%
11.4%
7
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM)
97,281
11.11
0.00
21.7%
28.7%
8
Ford Motor Co.
93,854
5.09
0.00
11.8%
24.4%
9
Eastman Kodak Co.
87,328
1.97
0.66
14.8%
29.5%
10
Koch Industries
84,044
33.56
1.94
11.4%
24.5%
11
ConocoPhillips
83,194
6.39
0.11
16.0%
52.8%
12
Valero Energy Corp.
72,294
4.13
0.09
18.2%
59.0%
13
General Electric Co.
66,936
0.45
0.14
13.9%
39.0%
14
AK Steel Holding
66,290
0.30
0.00
18.4%
6.4%
15
Dow Chemical Co.
59,907
11.69
17.19
14.4%
43.0%
16
Alcoa Inc.
59,771
10.40
0.13
10.8%
19.5%
17
Duke Energy
58,765
75.74
0.00
10.2%
19.9%
18
BASF
57,071
7.65
2.99
15.7%
34.2%
19
United States Steel Corp.
54,813
1.71
0.21
17.4%
46.1%
20
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
54,171
6.20
0.00
17.9%
60.4%
21
Precision Castparts
52,725
0.12
0.03
13.3%
21.0%
22
General Motors Corp.
51,052
6.90
0.00
17.3%
44.0%
23
Apollo Management
45,882
2.01
2.39
13.9%
42.3%
24
Nucor Corp.
45,564
0.72
0.00
16.5%
31.1%
25
BP
39,700
4.41
0.19
15.6%
61.5%
26
Pfizer Inc.
37,397
0.29
12.81
27.1%
61.5%
27
Eastman Chemical Co.
35,824
7.02
0.35
15.4%
16.7%
28
Royal Dutch Shell
34,859
2.98
2.59
12.1%
47.3%
29
E.ON
34,738
20.23
0.00
11.0%
15.4%
30
Constellation Energy
34,465
13.14
0.00
10.4%
41.2%
31
Honeywell International
32,590
4.79
0.76
15.4%
44.9%
32
Tesoro Corp.
30,824
3.41
0.02
12.0%
45.2%
33
Southern Co.
30,615
74.58
0.00
11.5%
39.2%
34
AES Corp.
29,565
9.41
0.00
17.6%
43.1%
35
Amsted Industries
28,573
0.08
0.00
13.8%
25.9%
36
PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)
26,918
2.64
0.03
15.4%
45.7%
37
Hess Corp.
26,816
0.54
0.02
16.5%
53.8%
38
Terex
25,901
0.04
0.00
9.5%
18.4%
39
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
25,101
2.27
0.00
17.3%
29.6%
40
American Electric Power
21,607
90.28
0.00
12.6%
7.5%
41
Anheuser-Busch
21,411
2.30
0.00
19.3%
46.5%
42
Renco Group
19,637
4.78
0.00
9.8%
11.9%
43
Textron Inc.
19,498
0.32
0.07
10.4%
27.2%
44
Owens Corning
19,375
4.48
0.00
11.7%
44.3%
45
Corning Inc.
19,283
0.43
4.18
13.3%
21.2%
46
Rowan Companies Inc
19,255
0.08
0.00
22.3%
52.5%
47
International Paper Co.
19,167
37.34
0.09
18.1%
42.2%
48
LyondellBasell Industries
19,026
8.52
2.26
16.7%
61.3%
49
RRI Energy (Reliant Energy)
18,108
31.84
0.00
10.2%
11.5%
50
Allegheny Technologies
17,962
0.74
0.03
14.3%
8.7%
51
Dominion Resources Inc.
16,656
13.86
0.00
11.9%
43.4%
52
FirstEnergy
16,482
16.05
0.00
11.1%
12.9%
53
Chrysler Group LLC
16,301
2.46
0.04
15.3%
37.1%
54
Progress Energy Inc.
16,131
37.37
0.00
10.8%
26.1%
55
Ashland Inc.
16,028
0.22
0.10
18.7%
36.6%
56
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
15,241
4.57
0.00
22.6%
75.3%
57
Timken Co.
14,302
0.07
0.00
17.0%
19.8%
58
SPX Corp.
13,829
0.03
0.00
11.9%
55.6%
59
Sony Corp.
13,507
0.12
0.01
6.4%
15.2%
60
Kimberly-Clark
13,459
0.54
0.00
14.7%
38.0%
61
Occidental Petroleum Co.
13,298
0.88
11.71
15.6%
44.5%
62
HeidelbergCement Group
13,235
0.63
0.00
11.9%
47.1%
63
PPG Industries Inc.
13,192
2.56
0.75
12.3%
21.7%
64
Formosa Petrochemical Corp.
13,191
1.67
0.02
24.2%
60.1%
65
Ball Corp.
12,951
3.64
0.00
12.6%
45.6%
66
Air Products & Chemicals
12,942
0.81
1.46
20.7%
52.8%
67
Cargill
12,891
4.72
0.00
15.8%
35.2%
68
Exelon Corp.
11,952
0.37
0.00
14.4%
38.0%
69
Edison International
11,927
7.95
0.00
13.6%
40.8%
70
DTE Energy
11,512
16.33
0.10
14.5%
35.5%
71
Panasonic Corp.
11,249
0.02
0.00
12.1%
54.4%
72
General Dynamics
11,214
0.47
0.07
19.2%
67.8%
73
Akzo Nobel
10,801
0.57
0.36
23.5%
57.4%
74
Suncor Energy Inc.
10,766
0.07
0.00
11.2%
41.2%
75
NewPage
10,733
8.47
0.00
10.9%
7.1%
76
TECO Energy Inc.
9,569
1.38
0.00
12.4%
34.2%
77
National Grid
9,377
0.37
0.00
13.9%
49.4%
78
Masco Corp.
9,053
2.37
0.10
11.2%
19.5%
79
Syngenta AG
8,941
0.30
1.22
16.1%
62.6%
80
Marathon Oil Corp.
8,720
1.53
0.23
13.9%
35.4%
81
Berkshire Hathaway
8,665
9.09
0.07
12.9%
35.3%
82
Chevron Corp.
8,654
3.73
0.11
17.8%
62.9%
83
Lubrizol Corp.
8,487
0.15
0.21
7.9%
23.3%
84
Smurfit-Stone Container
8,361
15.13
0.01
11.3%
31.6%
85
Saint-Gobain Corp.
8,273
1.97
0.07
15.2%
38.1%
86
Cemex
8,270
0.53
0.00
43.3%
87.0%
87
Crown Holdings Inc.
7,750
3.14
0.00
13.9%
34.7%
88
Evraz Group
7,393
0.01
0.00
18.5%
44.3%
89
ThyssenKrupp Group
7,352
0.40
0.00
9.7%
20.7%
90
Cabot Corp.
7,243
0.89
0.00
11.1%
13.9%
91
Domtar Corp.
6,947
7.34
0.00
13.1%
17.0%
92
Stanley Works
6,824
0.10
0.00
9.3%
29.1%
93
PPL Corp.
6,776
12.11
0.00
7.8%
13.4%
94
United Technologies Corp. (UTC)
6,763
0.09
0.00
9.8%
34.1%
95
MDU Resources Group
6,706
0.26
0.00
30.7%
69.0%
96
Caterpillar Inc.
6,572
0.31
0.00
12.8%
25.1%
97
Pepco Holdings Inc.
6,557
1.88
0.00
12.7%
35.9%
98
3M Co.
6,490
2.73
10.20
11.0%
27.6%
99
Ameren Corp.
6,465
6.93
0.00
8.9%
19.0%
100
Biomet, Inc.
6,459
0.00
0.00
12.3%
47.4%
Explanatory notes (also see the technical notes ):
Toxic score: Population health risk from air releases and incineration transfers reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for the 2006 Reporting Year, as computed by the US EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI ver. 2.2.0) from quantity released, toxicity of chemicals, and population exposure. Data are adjusted by the Corporate Toxics Information Project for subsequent revisions to TRI data. Source: US EPA and Corporate Toxics Information Project (CTIP).
Quantity of toxic air releases and incineration transfers: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released to the air on-site or transferred off-site for incineration in the TRI 2006 Reporting Year, without adjustment for toxicity or population exposure. Source: US EPA.
Environmental Justice (EJ): Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the total population health risk borne by people living below the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 12.9 percent live below the poverty line and 31.8 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups. Sources: US EPA, US Census 2000, and CTIP.
Coverage: This table presents the highest toxic-score companies that appear on current Forbes, Fortune, and Standard & Poor's large company lists. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on the ownership structure. Source: CTIP.
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