Traffic jam in a Berlin neighbourhood. In Germany, 17 premature deaths are blamed on transport pollution per 100,000 residents – three times higher than the global average. – EPA pic, February 27, 2019.
SOME 385,000 people worldwide died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions, a US study found today, which singled out diesel engines as the main culprit. Diesel vehicles were responsible for 47% of the deaths, it said, but the figure jumped as high as 66% in France, Germany, Italy and India where diesels make up a large proportion of cars on the road.
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