Steel Dynamics
7.2
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 51 days of its pollution.
From 0.8 air pollution, 6.4 climate change.
$17Min damage a yearplus $2.8M–$8.5M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
2.3new asthma cases a year
1.1ER visits and hospital stays a year
19,000lbs of toxic chemicals released340 lbs of them cause cancer
28,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 6,600 cars
$500in 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 0.5 to 20. How we estimate