Nucor Steel Indiana
68
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 5 days of its pollution.
From 9.6 air pollution, 0.6 toxic chemicals, 58 climate change.
$180Min damage a yearplus $26M–$77M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
30new asthma cases a year
2.3cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
14ER visits and hospital stays a year
354other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from mercury
1.2 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released6,100 lbs of them cause cancer
260,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 60,000 cars
$38Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 9 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 5.9 to 190. How we estimate