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10:24, 19-Sep-2017
Diesel emissions kills 4,500 each year in Europe
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A study released Monday found that there have been more than 4,500 premature deaths annually in Europe because diesel cars emitted higher levels of pollution than claimed.
Scientists calculated the share of deaths from excess diesel emissions as part of the overall total saying they account for 4,560 deaths a year.
The study comes two years after Volkswagen was caught cheating on emissions tests in the US. The tiny particles emitted are hazardous to human health and contribute to 425,000 estimated annual premature deaths from air pollution in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland.
The risk is greatest in areas with high concentration of diesel cars, such as northern Italy, according to researchers at the Austria-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.
Source(s): AP