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sintax Donating Member (891 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:00 PM
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Here's a List of THE TOXIC 100- Top Corporate Air Polluters
THE TOXIC 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters in the United States
Largest corporations ranked by toxic score, 2000



Rank
  
 Corporation

Toxic score
(pounds released
x toxicity x
population exposure)

Millions of
pounds of toxic
air releases

1
   GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
497,593     
5.99            

2
   GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.
417,243     
28.40            

3
   EASTMAN KODAK
320,999     
4.81            

4
   BOEING
275,240     
1.43            

5
   UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.
260,633     
2.78            

6
   DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
239,307     
15.60            

7
   EASTMAN CHEMICAL
237,827     
10.70            

8
   CONOCOPHILLIPS
236,908     
9.11            

9
   E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.
214,093     
16.00            

10
   EXXON MOBIL CORP.
185,679     
13.20            

11
   FORD MOTOR CO.
182,742     
12.20            

12
   ALLEGHENY TECHS. INC.
177,993     
0.59            

13
   AK STEEL CORP.
174,615     
0.56            

14
   ALCOA
168,121     
14.70            

15
   WEYERHAEUSER CO.
154,610     
21.10            

16
   INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.
151,508     
44.10            

17
   DOMINION RESOURCES INC.
149,562     
18.00            

18
   DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYS. L.L.C.
135,431     
0.40            

19
   CORNING INC.
132,995     
0.36            

20
   NUCOR CORP.
119,933     
0.71            

See the entire list at:
http://www.umass.edu/peri/resources/Toxics100table.htm
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spuddonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:04 PM
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1. Ah yes, Kodak...
I lived in Rochester, NY for some time... lead in the water... who knows what in the air... and Kodak sold this black 'slag' stuff to use on the roads (manf. by-product), much like sand is used in some areas...

Always wondered what was in that slag... With all the snow, the snowplows would shoot it up in the air, into your yard... it looked like black glass.
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AnnInLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:38 PM
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2. thanks......kick
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:42 PM
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3. An interesting comparison would be
a chart of corporations who pollute and what their :tax cut: or other "favors" were provided by Bu$shco
Anyone have any data on that?
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sintax Donating Member (891 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 08:07 PM
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4. Not included is the Pentagon which emits
more than the top five combined
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 08:28 PM
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5. My favorite polluter is W.R. Grace
Senator Paul Wellstone and Mozambique's President Samora Machel

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2167138


See ya in Sept. sintax

:hi:
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