Skip to main content Skip to page footer

The Toxic 100: Ranking Corporate Air Polluters in the United States

James K. Boyce and Michael Ash

elni Review 2008, Issue 2,  pp. 97-97. https://doi.org/10.46850/elni.2008.015

Emissions of toxic air pollutants from industrial facilities pose significant health hazards to neighbouring communities. Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) in Massachusetts have developed “The Toxic 100”, a ranking of top corporations operating in the United States based on the total human health risk resulting from this air pollution.

Access full article