Newton County Landfill
36
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 10 days of its pollution.
From 1.5 air pollution, 34 climate change.
$31Min damage a yearplus $15M–$45M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
4.1new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
1.9ER visits and hospital stays a year
150,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 35,000 cars
$0in fines over 5 years
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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 100. How we estimate