The Toxic 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters in the United States
This index identifies the top air polluters among corporations that appear in the “Fortune 500,” “Forbes 500,” and “Standard & Poor’s 500” lists of the country’s largest firms. 2002 list.
| Rank | Corporation | Rank | Corporation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 51. | The AES Corp. |
| 2. | United States Steel Corp. | 52. | Procter & Gamble Co. |
| 3. | ConocoPhillips | 53. | Lyondell Chemical Co. |
| 4. | General Electric Co. | 54. | Leggett & Platt Inc. |
| 5. | Eastman Kodak Co. | 55. | Sunoco Inc. |
| 6. | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 56. | Emerson Electric Co. |
| 7. | Ford Motor Co. | 57. | MeadWestvaco Corp. |
| 8. | (1) | 58. | FirstEnergy Corp. |
| 9. | Alcoa Inc. | 59. | Ball Corp. |
| 10. | Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) | 60. | Textron Inc. |
| 11. | The Dow Chemical Co. | 61. | Rowan Cos. Inc. |
| 12. | Eastman Chemical Co., Inc. | 62. | Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. |
| 13. | The Boeing Co. | 63. | Mirant Corp. |
| 14. | Nucor Corp. | 64. | Chevron Corp. |
| 15. | Georgia-Pacific Corp. | 65. | Southern Co. |
| 16. | AK Steel Holding Corp. | 66. | ArvinMeritor Inc. |
| 17. | Northrop Grumman Corp. | 67. | Lear Corp. |
| 18. | Deere & Co. | 68. | Visteon Corp. |
| 19. | Dominion Resources Inc. | 69. | Monsanto Co. |
| 20. | General Motors Corp. | 70. | 3M Co. |
| 21. | Delphi Corp. | 71. | Xcel Energy Inc. |
| 22. | Tesoro Corp. | 72. | Crown Holdings Inc. |
| 23. | Phelps Dodge Corp. | 73. | Rohm & Haas Co. |
| 24. | Temple-Inland Inc. | 74. | Federal-Mogul Corp. |
| 25. | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | 75. | PPG Industries Inc. |
| 26. | Allegheny Technologies Inc. | 76. | Great Lakes Chemical Corp. |
| 27. | International Paper Co. | 77. | ICI American Holdings Inc. |
| 28. | Valero Energy Corp. | 78. | Corning Inc. |
| 29. | Progress Energy Inc. | 79. | El Paso Corp. |
| 30. | Kerr-McGee Corp. | 80. | Heartland Industrial Partners LP |
| 31. | Danaher Corp. | 81. | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| 32. | Engelhard Corp. | 82. | Allegheny Energy Inc. |
| 33. | Constellation Energy Group Inc. | 83. | Exelon Corp. |
| 34. | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 84. | Marathon Oil Co. |
| 35. | American Electric Power | 85. | Goodrich Corp. |
| 36. | Reliant Energy Inc. | 86. | Armstrong Holdings Inc. |
| 37. | Teco Energy Inc. | 87. | The Shaw Group Inc. |
| 38. | Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 88. | Praxair Inc. |
| 39. | Premcor Inc. | 89. | Pfizer Inc. |
| 40. | Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. | 90. | Brunswick Corp. |
| 41. | Tyco International Ltd. | 91. | Ameren Corp. |
| 42. | Weyerhaeuser Co. | 92. | Dana Corp. |
| 43. | United Technologies Corp. (UTC) | 93. | Altria Group Inc. |
| 44. | Honeywell International Inc. | 94. | Hercules Inc. |
| 45. | Owens Corning | 95. | The Stanley Works |
| 46. | Duke Energy Corp. | 96. | Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
| 47. | Occidental Petroleum Co. | 97. | Harley-Davidson Inc. |
| 48. | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) | 98. | Mohawk Industries Inc. |
| 49. | Cinergy Corp. | 99. | Plum Creek Timber Co. L.P. |
| 50. | Ashland Inc. | 100. | Illinois Tool Works Inc. |
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- Indoor air pollution: adverse air conditions in indoor spaces;
- Urban air quality: adverse outdoor air conditions in urban areas;
- Untreated sewage: untreated waste water;
- Groundwater contamination: pollution of underground water sources as a result of human activity;
- Contaminated surface water: pollution of rivers or shallow dug wells mainly used for drinking and cooking;
- Artisanal gold mining: small scale mining activities that use the most basic methods to extract and process minerals and metals;
- Industrial mining activities: larger scale mining activities with excessive mineral wastes;
- Metals smelting and other processing: extractive, industrial, and pollutant-emitting processes;
- Radioactive waste and uranium mining: pollution resulting from the improper management of uranium mine tailings and nuclear waste;
- Used lead acid battery recycling: smelting of batteries used in cars, trucks and back-up power supplies.
Did You Know 
This is the 2002 list. Here is the current 2008 list:
http://www.peri.umass.edu/toxic100_index/
Thank You Bill. Really appreciate the help. This is just the tip of the Iceburg too. When will they ever learn I wonder.