Water Contamination
Conduct Screen Environmental Harm
Companies with documented abuse of water resources — excessive groundwater extraction, water source contamination, water privatization that restricts community access, or operations that deplete shared water supplies. Includes Nestlé-style extraction controversies and mining operations that destroy watersheds. Distinct from environmental_damage (which covers broader ecological harm).
15 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (15 total)
Showing 15 of 15 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| BG | Bunge Limited | Additionally, The EPA penalized Bunge under the Clean Water Act in 2024 for discharging roughly 20,000 gallons of mixed soybean oil and water directly into the Ohio River. |
| CC | Chemours Company (The) | SELC / EPA / NC DEQ — Chemours (CC); PFAS/GenX discharge into Cape Fear River since 1980; 500,000+ NC residents affected across 10 counties, 11,000+ private wells contaminated; company seeking to expa... |
| CLF | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc | EPA / DOJ / Environmental Law & Policy Center — Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF); August 2019 discharge of ammonia and cyanide wastewater into East Branch of Little Calumet River (Lake Michigan tributary) at Bu... |
| CTVA | Corteva | DOJ/EPA — Corteva (CTVA); Contributed $193M to $1.185B PFAS water systems settlement (2023), liability inherited from DowDuPont merger; co-liable with DuPont (DD) and Chemours (CC) for PFAS contaminat... |
| DD | DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC | DOJ/EPA — DuPont (DD); Co-liable with Chemours and Corteva for $1.185B PFAS water systems settlement (2023); $393M NJ Natural Resource Damage settlement; EPA TSCA $10.25M penalty for PFOA disclosure f... |
| DOW | Dow Inc. | DOJ/EPA/FWS — Dow Inc. (DOW); Tittabawassee River Superfund site; legacy dioxin contamination from Midland, MI manufacturing operations flowing into Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron; EPA Administrative Orde... |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | Grasberg mine (Papua, Indonesia) discharges approximately 200,000 tonnes of tailings daily into the Otomona and Ajkwa river systems via government-permitted riverine tailings disposal (RTD); severe de... |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company (The) | Widely accused of depleting local water resources in multiple communities, leading to scarcity and conflict. |
| LNT | Alliant Energy Corp | Clean Water Act violation: Iowa affiliate IPL pumping 84,000 gal/day of coal-ash-contaminated groundwater (arsenic at 10x drinking water standard, cobalt at 1100% of federal limit, lithium at 6-7x sta... |
| MMM | 3M Company | EPA / EWG — 3M Company (MMM); Manufactured and disposed of PFAS chemicals for decades, contaminating drinking water for an estimated 110–172 million Americans; 9,552 known contaminated sites in 50 sta... |
| MOS | The Mosaic Company | Tampa Bay Waterkeeper / EPA / Tampa Bay Times — Mosaic Company (MOS); 2021 Piney Point phosphate disaster: 215–400 million gallons of nitrogen-laden phosphate wastewater discharged into Tampa Bay in 1... |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | DOJ/EPA East Palestine consent decree; $15M Clean Water Act civil penalty for discharge of hazardous materials into Sulphur Run, Leslie Run, and Ohio River tributaries following Feb 2023 derailment; c... |
| NSRGY | NSRGY | California State Water Board / IBFAN / French Senate — Nestlé S.A. (NSRGY); Perrier/Vittel/Contrex fraud: admitted illegal UV + activated carbon purification of brands marketed as "natural mineral wat... |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | DOJ criminal fine for Clean Water Act violations; Tyson Poultry discharged acidic feed wastewater with pH of 2.5 into a Missouri waterway causing massive fish kill in excess of 100,000 fish; $2M crimi... |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser | Washington State Dept of Ecology $40K penalty for 42 Clean Water Act permit limit violations at Weyerhaeuser Longview pulp and paper mill; stormwater and wastewater discharge violations impacting aqua... |
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