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#61 deadliest in Indiana

Poet Biorefining Alexandria

Chemical plant · Alexandria, Indiana · Madison County · owned by Poet Holding Co LLC
33
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 11 days of its pollution.
From 2.0 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 31 climate change.
$57Min damage a yearplus $14M–$42M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
5.4new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
2.8ER visits and hospital stays a year
11,000lbs of toxic chemicals released5,800 lbs of them cause cancer
140,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 32,000 cars
$142Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 5 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 1.2 to 97. How we estimate