...if you are going to treat it as a sacrifice zone...

It IS a sacrifice zone. The question is one of who makes the sacrifice and how much of a sacrifice. That will be whoever occupies the area for significant amounts of time. Working there 50 hours a week and living 10 km away is one level of sacrifice and the effects of just raising children 10 km away will be medically statistically significant for the children. Working and transiting the area for 50 hours per week but living 100 km away will still produce significant results for the workers, at a minimum. Perhaps the executives could be privileged to raise their families in the 10 to 20 km zone around the site.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."