SDI LaFarga - Copperworks
9.5
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 39 days of its pollution.
From 2.4 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 7.0 climate change.
$36Min damage a yearplus $3.1M–$9.4M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
6.6new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
3.2ER visits and hospital stays a year
7.3other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
130,000lbs of toxic chemicals released
31,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 7,300 cars
$4Kin 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 1.4 to 25. How we estimate