“Diesel main reason for avgasdöd”
“to 385 000 people lost their lives prematurely due to exhaust in 2015, according to a new study. Diesel vehicles are singled out as the main source of the deaths.”
“Diesel accounts for nearly half of all deaths in the world that occurred because of fordonsavgaser 2015. It has the study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), in cooperation with american universities, have come up with. ICCT is the organization that revealed the Volkswagen utsläppsfusk four years ago.”
“the Study looked at emissions from different fuels in cars, trucks, buses and shipping to see how they affect our health.”
“According to the study, die at least 3.4 million people every year from air pollution. Eleven per cent of these deaths are caused by exhaust gas. Emissions from the transport sector linked to cardiovascular and lung diseases, stroke and diabetes, and is believed to have cost the global community approximately 1 000 billion US dollars in 2015. It’s the equivalent of 9.3 trillion dollars – or just over 1 200 sek per person on earth.”
“Large proportions of the emission-related deaths can be found in populous countries such as China, India and the USA, but in terms of population, the number of deaths was highest in Germany – three times higher than the global average. A larger proportion of diesel vehicles is singled out as the cause.”
“One of the authors of the report, Joshua Miller, calls for action to replace polluting vehicles:”
“Corrected: In an earlier version mentioned the united states as one of two countries with the highest number of deaths. It is not true – China and India have the most.”