Liberty Landfill
32
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 11 days of its pollution.
From 4.7 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 28 climate change.
$66Min damage a yearplus $12M–$37M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
14new asthma cases a year
0.2cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
6.4ER visits and hospital stays a year
120,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 29,000 cars
$47Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 2 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 2.7 to 90. How we estimate