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#69 deadliest in Indiana

South Bend Ethanol, LLC.

Chemical plant · South Bend, Indiana · St. Joseph County · owned by Verbio North America Holdings Corp
29
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 13 days of its pollution.
From 0.6 air pollution, 28 climate change.
$38Min damage a yearplus $13M–$38M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
2.7new asthma cases a year
1.1ER visits and hospital stays a year
24,000lbs of toxic chemicals released16,000 lbs of them cause cancer
130,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 29,000 cars
8water permit violations last year
$260Kin 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 0.3 to 86. How we estimate