US Steel Corp - Gary Works
2,600
estimated deaths a year
That's about 7 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 170 air pollution, 0.2 toxic chemicals, 2,500 climate change.
$4.7Bin damage a yearplus $1.1B–$3.3B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
399new asthma cases a year
7.4cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
13heart attacks and strokes a year
212ER visits and hospital stays a year
573other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
19.2 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released110,000 lbs of them cause cancer
10.9 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 2.5 million cars
6water permit violations last yeardischarges into Grand Calumet R To Lake Michigan, already listed as polluted
$419Kin 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 100 to 7,700. One of the largest sources of fine particles in the US. EPA flags its 2023 figure as unusually high, but it is in line with or below what the plant reported in 2017 and 2020. How we estimate