The Toxic 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters in the United States
| Rank | Corporation | Toxic score (pounds released x toxicity x population exposure) |
Minority share of health risk | Low-income share of health risk |
|
1 |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours |
285,661 |
36.0% |
17.3% |
|
2 |
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) |
213,159 |
32.0% |
22.5% |
|
3 |
Dow Chemical |
189,673 |
42.7% |
13.%0 |
|
4 |
Bayer Group |
172,773 |
24.3% |
6.8% |
|
5 |
Eastman Kodak |
162,430 |
26.2% |
13.4% |
|
6 |
General Electric |
149,061 |
32.4% |
13.4% |
|
7 |
Arcelor Mittal |
134,573 |
61.6% |
24.9% |
|
8 |
US Steel |
129,123 |
36.8% |
17.8% |
|
9 |
ExxonMobil |
128,758 |
69.1% |
25.4% |
|
10 |
AK Steel Holding |
101,428 |
7.9% |
17.8% |
|
11 |
Eastman Chemical |
98,432 |
9.9% |
25.4% |
|
12 |
Duke Energy |
93,174 |
20.3% |
16.9% |
|
13 |
ConocoPhillips |
91,993 |
34.7% |
15.1% |
|
14 |
Precision Castparts |
87,500 |
15.8% |
9.8% |
|
15 |
Alcoa |
85,983 |
20.3% |
15.2% |
|
16 |
Valero Energy |
83,993 |
59.9% |
12.8% |
|
17 |
Ford Motor |
75,360 |
24.6% |
11.7% |
|
18 |
General Motors |
73,248 |
29.5% |
19.8% |
|
19 |
Goodyear |
67,632 |
27.3% |
11.2% |
|
20 |
E.ON |
65,579 |
21.6% |
15.6% |
|
21 |
Matsushita Electric Indl |
65,346 |
54.6% |
15.7% |
|
22 |
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold |
63,911 |
62.1% |
13.2% |
|
23 |
Apollo Mgt. (Hexion Specialty Chemicals) |
63,880 |
40.2% |
13.1% |
|
24 |
Avery Dennison |
62,740 |
37.7% |
14.8% |
|
25 |
BASF |
60,984 |
31.9% |
13.3% |
|
26 |
Owens Corning |
59,609 |
42.6% |
9.7% |
|
27 |
Dominion Resources |
58,642 |
29.3% |
15.9% |
|
28 |
Allegheny Technologies |
58,375 |
8.3% |
14.2% |
|
29 |
BP |
54,336 |
54.7% |
11.3% |
|
30 |
Honeywell International |
50,417 |
42.1% |
13.1% |
|
31 |
International Paper |
49,385 |
30.6% |
16.2% |
|
32 |
Ashland |
43,492 |
30.7% |
18.9% |
|
33 |
Constellation Energy |
42,972 |
35.5% |
11.2% |
|
34 |
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) |
41,773 |
57.0% |
16.5% |
|
35 |
AES |
39,789 |
29.8% |
15.1% |
|
36 |
Progress Energy |
38,027 |
24.0% |
11.2% |
|
37 |
Nucor |
36,963 |
51.3% |
21.2% |
|
38 |
United Technologies |
36,526 |
30.6% |
7.6% |
|
39 |
Timken |
36,047 |
17.6% |
17.4% |
|
40 |
Berkshire Hathaway |
35,285 |
37.8% |
13.2% |
|
41 |
SPX |
34,559 |
39.8% |
11.2% |
|
42 |
Royal Dutch Shell |
34,556 |
43.5% |
13.8% |
|
43 |
Southern Co |
33,577 |
33.6% |
12.5% |
|
44 |
Allegheny Energy |
31,539 |
10.2% |
14.1% |
|
45 |
American Electric |
31,364 |
9.3% |
124% |
|
46 |
Reliant Energy |
30,821 |
14.0% |
10.7% |
|
47 |
Boeing |
30,453 |
33.7% |
13.6% |
|
48 |
General Dynamics |
30,337 |
69.0% |
20.9% |
|
49 |
Occidental Petroleum |
30,069 |
43.6% |
16.9% |
|
50 |
KeySpan |
29,008 |
53.7% |
17.8% |
|
51 |
Lyondell Chemical |
28,591 |
33.6% |
14.9% |
|
52 |
Sunoco |
27,851 |
33.5% |
16.6% |
|
53 |
Anheuser-Busch Cos |
27,032 |
41.0% |
16.7% |
|
54 |
Ball |
25,709 |
38.5% |
14.8% |
|
55 |
Deere & Co |
25,346 |
19.9% |
15.6% |
|
56 |
Procter & Gamble |
25,238 |
41.2% |
16.1% |
|
57 |
Tesoro |
24,708 |
24.6% |
10.0% |
|
58 |
Temple-Inland |
24,537 |
47.0% |
20.1% |
|
59 |
Pfizer |
24,508 |
38.3% |
19.8% |
|
60 |
Rowan Cos. |
24,389 |
46.2% |
21.6% |
|
61 |
Leggett & Platt |
23,870 |
28.2% |
12.6% |
|
62 |
Northrop Grumman |
23,798 |
56.6% |
22.6% |
|
63 |
Weyerhaeuser |
22,708 |
23.0% |
17.1% |
|
64 |
Rohm and Haas |
22,489 |
40.9% |
16.5% |
|
65 |
Tyco International |
22,115 |
32.7% |
9.3% |
|
66 |
Terex |
21,730 |
17.3% |
9.4% |
|
67 |
Corning |
20,942 |
17.6% |
12.6% |
|
68 |
Exelon |
20,811 |
33.6% |
13.6% |
|
69 |
Fortune Brands |
20,583 |
19.5% |
8.0% |
|
70 |
FirstEnergy |
20,441 |
16.8% |
10.0% |
|
71 |
Suncor Energy |
20,378 |
45.3% |
12.9% |
|
72 |
Crown Holdings |
19,447 |
30.5% |
14.3% |
|
73 |
Masco |
18,572 |
6.7% |
12.0% |
|
74 |
ThyssenKrupp Group |
18,133 |
21.7% |
12.1% |
|
75 |
Textron |
17,443 |
33.6% |
13.6% |
|
76 |
Sony |
16,426 |
12.5% |
5.3% |
|
77 |
Mirant |
16,337 |
42.4% |
9.2% |
|
78 |
RAG |
16,080 |
52.9% |
18.4% |
|
79 |
Alcan |
15,231 |
10.8% |
12.1% |
|
80 |
Huntsman |
15,119 |
47.7% |
20.4% |
|
81 |
Bridgestone |
14,952 |
15.9% |
10.1% |
|
82 |
Danaher |
14,621 |
23.9% |
15.7% |
|
83 |
PPG Industries |
14,300 |
23.2% |
13.0% |
|
84 |
Hess |
13,687 |
66.5% |
26.4% |
|
85 |
Akzo Nobel |
13,453 |
58.6% |
25.2% |
|
86 |
Dynegy Inc. |
13,439 |
25.6% |
10.1% |
|
87 |
Federal-Mogul |
13,435 |
28.0% |
13.6% |
|
88 |
Stanley Works |
13,196 |
32.1% |
10.2% |
|
89 |
Komatsu |
13,132 |
30.9% |
19.2% |
|
90 |
Saint-Gobain |
13,012 |
38.6% |
16.7% |
|
91 |
PPL |
12,972 |
11.6% |
8.0% |
|
92 |
Caterpillar |
12,924 |
24.2% |
11.0% |
|
93 |
Smurfit-Stone Container |
12,868 |
29.9% |
12.0% |
|
94 |
Siemens |
12,649 |
32.8% |
12.8% |
|
95 |
MeadWestvaco |
12,465 |
40.9% |
18.3% |
|
96 |
Marathon Oil |
12,454 |
33.0% |
14.3% |
|
97 |
Emerson Electric |
12,258 |
13.1% |
15.1% |
|
98 |
Northeast Utilities |
11,115 |
11.7% |
7.9% |
|
99 |
National Oilwell Varco |
11,042 |
78.0% |
26.5% |
|
100 |
Dana |
10,638 |
36.2% |
17.6% |
|
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|
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Toxic 100 firms |
4,713,588 |
34..% |
15.2% |
|
|
Other 500-list firms |
459,798 |
31.1% |
13.3% |
|
|
Non-500-list firms |
9,403,595 |
35.2% |
15.5% |
|
|
All Firms |
14,576,982 |
34.8% |
15.3% |
|
|
U.S. population |
— |
31.8% |
12.9 |
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