Ardagh Glass Inc. (Dunkirk)
30
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 12 days of its pollution.
From 3.4 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 26 climate change.
$68Min damage a yearplus $12M–$35M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
12new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
5.4ER visits and hospital stays a year
1.7other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from lead
34,000lbs of toxic chemicals released
120,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 27,000 cars
2water permit violations last year
$16Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 12 of the last 12 quarters
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Estimates for one year of pollution (2023), in 2024 dollars: model estimates from EPA data and published methods, not counted deaths. Deaths could be 1.9 to 84. How we estimate