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Main Content: Toxic 100

In May 2006, the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (USA) issued an updated version of its "Toxic 100" list of the "top corporate air polluters" in the USA.  The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited each company in the top 10 to respond to its listing.  The companies' responses to their listing, and comments by PERI on those responses, are available below.

(en español: "Las 100 empresas más contaminantes de EEUU")

1. DuPont response
     - PERI rejoinder to DuPont
 

2. US Steel response
     - PERI rejoinder to US Steel
 

3. ConocoPhillips - declined to respond
 

4. General Electric (GE) response
     - PERI rejoinder to GE
 

5. Eastman Kodak response
     - PERI rejoinder to Eastman Kodak
 

6. ExxonMobil - declined to respond
 

7. Ford Motor response
     - PERI rejoinder to Ford
 

8. Tyson Foods - Statement by PERI: "The EPA has confirmed that Tyson Foods, previously ranked at number eight among the Toxic 100, has submitted data revising its 2002 TRI [Toxic Release Inventory] reporting. Based on the revision, Tyson Foods is no longer ranked among the Toxic 100."
 

9. Alcoa response
     - PERI rejoinder to Alcoa
 

10. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) response
     - PERI rejoinder to ADM


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