The top 10
These industries ranked highest for producing toxic chemicals, including those emitted into the air, water, sent to landfills, treated, recycled or burned for energy recovery, in 2006, according to the EPA.
1. Steel Dynamics, Butler…23,982,632 pounds
2. Steel Dynamics, Columbia City…6,447,241 pounds
3. R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Warsaw…684,550 pounds
4. Gold Shield of Indiana, Decatur…682,270 pounds
5. GM Truck Group, Fort Wayne…620,004 pounds
6. Dalton Corp., Warsaw…542,677 pounds
7. Ford Meter Box, Wabash…379,523 pounds
8. AAA Galvanizing of Hamilton, Hamilton…348,908 pounds
9. Dalton Corp., Kendallville…343,006 pounds
10. Alumitech of Wabash, Wabash…329,552 pounds
