Diesel Emissions Blamed For 10,000 Deaths Yearly In EU
(WorldNews Norway)

A new Environmental Research Letters study has revealed that as many as 10,000 people per year in the European Union (EU) die prematurely from diesel vehicles, IFL Science reports. When it comes to excess diesel-related nitrous oxide emissions alone - those that purposefully (and illegally) exceeded the levels of the safety limits put in place by health authorities - that figure sits at 4,560, as of 2013. That means nearly 5,000 people per year in the EU have died because certain vehicle manufacturers sneakily tried to circumvent the life-saving regulations put in place to keep the air quality to a certain minimal standard. Air pollution is responsible for taking several years - and in some...