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#131 deadliest in Indiana

Caterpillar Incorporated

Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing · Lafayette, Indiana · Tippecanoe County · owned by Caterpillar Inc
9.7
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 38 days of its pollution.
From 2.1 air pollution, 7.6 climate change.
$32Min damage a yearplus $3.4M–$10M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
12new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
4.5ER visits and hospital stays a year
210lbs of toxic chemicals released2 lbs of them cause cancer
34,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 7,800 cars
$500in fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 1 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 0.9 to 26. How we estimate