The worst polluters in the U.S.

Listed below are the top 15 (US) corporate polluters with total releases (air, water, land, underground, public sewage and off-site transfers) given in pounds for 1988. The top 10 accounted for 1.6 billion pounds, or 26% of all reported toxic chemicals.

Dupont 338,416,705
Monsanto 201,858,822
American Cyanamid 189,040,601
Shell Oil 172,572,098
BP America 151,255,881
Freeport McMoran 150,465,176
AMAX 112,914,726
Allied Signal 99,517,146
ASARCO 98,162,489
Vulcan 92,831,594
GM 87,443,103
Occidental Pet. 86,816,729
3M 83,233,294
Kodak 82,153,751
Phelps Dodge 80,545,334

Source: EPA and Citizen's Fund
From Catalyst, Vol. vii, no.4. (Fall 1990).
Subscriptions are $25/year from Catalyst, Box 1308, Montpelier, Vermont 05601 U.S.A.

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Pollution

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