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#74 deadliest in Indiana

Poet Biorefining - Portland

Chemical plant · Portland, Indiana · Jay County · owned by Poet Holding Co LLC
27
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 13 days of its pollution.
From 1.3 air pollution, 26 climate change.
$44Min damage a yearplus $12M–$35M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
7.5new asthma cases a year
2.9ER visits and hospital stays a year
14,000lbs of toxic chemicals released7,300 lbs of them cause cancer
120,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 27,000 cars
$107Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 10 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 0.6 to 81. How we estimate