2008 Report, based on 2005 data

Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index: 2008 Report, Based on 2005 data

Rank	Corporation	Toxic score (pounds released x toxicity x population exposure)	Millions of pounds of toxic air releases	Millions of pounds of toxic incineration transfers
1	E.I. du Pont de Nemours	285,661	12.73	23.00
2	Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)	213,159	12.92	0.00
3	Dow Chemical	189,673	11.12	42.02
4	Bayer Group	172,773	0.72	6.93
5	Eastman Kodak	162,430	2.66	0.36
6	General Electric	149,061	4.14	7.14
7	Arcelor Mittal	134,573	0.94	0.00
8	US Steel	129,123	2.21	0.09
9	ExxonMobil	128,758	12.70	0.39
10	AK Steel Holding	101,428	0.27	0.00
11	Eastman Chemical	98,432	6.98	0.31
12	Duke Energy	93,174	80.21	0.00
13	ConocoPhillips	91,993	6.56	0.01
14	Precision Castparts	87,500	0.09	0.02
15	Alcoa	85,983	13.11	0.15
16	Valero Energy	83,993	4.46	0.14
17	Ford Motor	75,360	6.24	0.00
18	General Motors	73,248	8.37	0.02
19	Goodyear	67,632	3.16	0.00
20	E.ON	65,579	20.96	0.00
21	Matsushita Electric Indl	65,346	0.06	0.00
22	Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold	63,911	4.01	0.00
23	Apollo Mgt. (Hexion Specialty Chemicals)	63,880	1.06	2.80
24	Avery Dennison	62,740	0.21	1.09
25	BASF	60,984	4.60	2.05
26	Owens Corning	59,609	6.29	0.00
27	Dominion Resources	58,642	14.31	0.00
28	Allegheny Technologies	58,375	0.72	0.03
29	BP	54,336	5.42	0.19
30	Honeywell International	50,417	5.20	1.73
31	International Paper	49,385	44.75	0.01
32	Ashland	43,492	0.24	0.08
33	Constellation Energy	42,972	16.40	0.00
34	Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)	41,773	7.64	0.00
35	AES	39,789	10.41	0.00
36	Progress Energy	38,027	40.97	0.00
37	Nucor	36,963	0.49	0.00
38	United Technologies	36,526	0.11	0.00
39	Timken	36,047	0.06	0.00
40	Berkshire Hathaway	35,285	9.36	0.05
41	SPX	34,559	0.04	0.00
42	Royal Dutch Shell	34,556	2.95	4.79
43	Southern Co	33,577	76.67	0.00
44	Allegheny Energy	31,539	25.31	0.00
45	American Electric	31,364	91.41	0.00
46	Reliant Energy	30,821	34.39	0.00
47	Boeing	30,453	0.48	0.00
48	General Dynamics	30,337	0.48	0.06
49	Occidental Petroleum	30,069	1.09	2.38
50	KeySpan	29,008	1.16	0.00
51	Lyondell Chemical	28,591	15.52	3.09
52	Sunoco	27,851	2.99	0.39
53	Anheuser-Busch Cos	27,032	2.24	0.00
54	Ball	25,709	3.99	0.02
55	Deere & Co	25,346	0.36	0.00
56	Procter & Gamble	25,238	0.16	0.00
57	Tesoro	24,708	3.76	0.01
58	Temple-Inland	24,537	8.33	0.00
59	Pfizer	24,508	0.28	12.36
60	Rowan Cos.	24,389	0.08	0.00
61	Leggett & Platt	23,870	0.06	0.00
62	Northrop Grumman	23,798	0.46	0.05
63	Weyerhaeuser	22,708	17.56	0.00
64	Rohm and Haas	22,489	1.07	1.33
65	Tyco International	22,115	0.64	1.58
66	Terex	21,730	0.03	0.00
67	Corning	20,942	0.13	0.00
68	Exelon	20,811	0.97	0.00
69	Fortune Brands	20,583	1.84	0.00
70	FirstEnergy	20,441	16.72	0.00
71	Suncor Energy	20,378	0.12	0.00
72	Crown Holdings	19,447	3.50	0.00
73	Masco	18,572	3.47	0.00
74	ThyssenKrupp Group	18,133	0.51	0.01
75	Textron	17,443	0.30	0.08
76	Sony	16,426	0.16	0.02
77	Mirant	16,337	18.53	0.00
78	RAG	16,080	0.86	0.02
79	Alcan	15,231	0.90	0.00
80	Huntsman	15,119	1.84	8.01
81	Bridgestone	14,952	2.13	0.01
82	Danaher	14,621	0.06	0.00
83	PPG Industries	14,300	2.27	0.70
84	Hess	13,687	0.79	0.04
85	Akzo Nobel	13,453	0.51	0.27
86	Dynegy Inc.	13,439	3.57	0.00
87	Federal-Mogul	13,435	0.14	0.00
88	Stanley Works	13,196	0.11	0.00
89	Komatsu	13,132	0.00	0.00
90	Saint-Gobain	13,012	1.65	0.05
91	PPL	12,972	12.32	0.00
92	Caterpillar	12,924	0.35	0.00
93	Smurfit-Stone Container	12,868	17.93	0.01
94	Siemens	12,649	0.46	0.00
95	MeadWestvaco	12,465	8.81	0.00
96	Marathon Oil	12,454	1.49	0.04
97	Emerson Electric	12,258	0.15	0.00
98	Northeast Utilities	11,115	4.18	0.00
99	National Oilwell Varco	11,042	0.40	0.00
100	Dana	10,638	0.09	0.01

Explanatory notes:

Toxic score: Quantity of air releases and incineration transfers reported in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2005, adjusted for dispersion through the environment, toxicity of chemicals and number of people impacted. Adjustments are from the EPA’s Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see the technical notes.

Quantity of toxic air releases and incineration transfers: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released to the air on-site at each TRI facility or transferred off-site for incineration, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Coverage: This table presents the highest toxic scores for corporations that appear on certain Fortune, Forbes, and/or Standard & Poor’s top company lists in the year 2007. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of the most current information on the ownership structure.

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Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index: 2008 Report, Based on 2005 data

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