A new piece in @CanaryMediaInc from @AlexCKaufman highlights the public health implications of a huge decision facing steelmakers in the next decade, according to research by @AustCCR. The decision point: will global steelmakers double down on the 60 polluting fossil-fuel-based blast furnaces that require major relining decisions by 2035? Or will they transition to cleaner, less polluting methods of steelmaking? The public health stakes: Every US city with one of these aging steel mills is on the list of the top 25 most polluted cities in the US, according to the @LungAssociation. The type of pollution emitted by these steel mills contributes to everything from asthma, cancer, and heart disease to newborns’ congenital defects, and dementia. The climate stakes: The implications of the decision whether to reline these 60 steel mills are equivalent to the annual emissions of countries like Spain or Vietnam. “Coal-based steelmaking is harmful to our health, and we need to be taking more action today to clean up these mills,” @HilaryBayne of @IndustriousLabs said. canarymedia.com/articles/fos… accr.org.au/research/steelma…