Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
55
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 7 days of its pollution.
From 7.1 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 48 climate change.
$134Min damage a yearplus $21M–$63M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
17new asthma cases a year
0.4cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
9.1ER visits and hospital stays a year
12other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
2.4 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released50,000 lbs of them cause cancer
210,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 49,000 cars
$0in 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 4.3 to 150. How we estimate