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#19 deadliest in Indiana

Linde - Whiting, In 5&6

Chemical plant · East Chicago, Indiana · Lake County · owned by Linde Inc
400
estimated deaths a year
That's about one death for every day of its pollution.
From 0.7 air pollution, 400 climate change.
$448Min damage a yearplus $178M–$534M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
3.4new asthma cases a year
1.4ER visits and hospital stays a year
75,000lbs of toxic chemicals released7 lbs of them cause cancer
1.8 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 410,000 cars
3water permit violations last year
$4Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 6 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 0.4 to 1,200. How we estimate