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#88 deadliest in Indiana

Safety-Kleen Systems

Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing · East Chicago, Indiana · Lake County · owned by Clean Harbors Inc
19
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 19 days of its pollution.
From 1.2 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 18 climate change.
$34Min damage a yearplus $8.0M–$24M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
4.9new asthma cases a year
2.1ER visits and hospital stays a year
3,100lbs of toxic chemicals released2,900 lbs of them cause cancer
80,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 19,000 cars
$8Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 12 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 0.7 to 56. How we estimate