BP Whiting Business Unit
1,200
estimated deaths a year
That's about 3 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 31 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 1,200 climate change.
$1.6Bin damage a yearplus $522M–$1.6B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
100new asthma cases a year
1.3cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
2.1heart attacks and strokes a year
48ER visits and hospital stays a year
26other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
8.6 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released200,000 lbs of them cause cancer
5.2 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 1.2 million cars
2water permit violations last yeardischarges into Lake Michigan, already listed as polluted
$32Min 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 17 to 3,600. How we estimate