Study: Almost 50% of transportation pollution deaths tied to diesel
Marie Donlon | February 27, 2019
According to a study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), 385,000 people died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution exposure largely caused by vehicle exhaust emissions from diesel engines.
With diesel engines thought to be responsible for roughly 47% of air pollution-related deaths worldwide, the estimates were higher (66%) in locations like Germany, France, India and Italy where a significant number of diesel vehicles still occupy the roads.
In their study, the team examined emissions data concerning both diesel and non-diesel trucks, cars, buses, shipping transportation and agricultural and construction machinery, focusing specifically on their impact on human health.
Their findings revealed that:
- The global transport sector was reportedly responsible for an estimated 11% of the 3.4 million premature deaths each year linked to pollution from fine particles (PM2.5) as well as ground-level ozone exposure.
- The global transport sector was responsible for an estimated $1 trillion healthcare price tag in 2015 due to transport pollution’s links to diabetes, stroke, lung disease and heart disease.
- Some of the deadliest cities in the world, based on transport pollution alone, include Berlin; London; Milan; Turin, Italy; Kiev, Ukraine; and Stuttgart and Cologne, both in Germany.
"The high public health burden of diesel vehicles in Europe underscores the need for world-class emissions standards to be accompanied by robust compliance and enforcement," said ICCT coauthor Joshua Miller, who is calling for immediate action to eliminate high-emissions vehicles.
The researchers suggest that the transport pollution-related death figures are likely higher because the team did not account for other factors including every type of pollution-linked death or every harmful emission.
"Consideration of these impacts would likely increase the estimate of health impacts from vehicle exhaust emissions," they warned.
Some of the deadliest cities in the world, based on transport pollution alone, include Berlin; London; Milan; Turin, Italy; Kiev, Ukraine; and Stuttgart and Cologne, both in Germany.
I was nearly hooked on this article and now find it is pure conjecture and inaccurate claptrap. India, and having lived there recently, far out weighs any of those cities mentioned, so in the words of that 'great leader' not, "FAKE NEWS!".
$1trillion in medical care, come on. Pull the other leg. Try unhealty food, stress, poor living conditions for many, GM foods, and who know what else as the cause. It was not due to diesel fumes, that is a certainty.
Fake reporting. More Eu rubbish to control everyone. Blind leading the blind as normal.
My B.S. detectors are ringing off the scales. Anyone who claims to attribute 'pre-mature deaths' to a single effect is smoking the good stuff. Are there any penalties for abusing statistics?
A lengthy study conducted by the D.E.T.H University of Hades discovered that 100% of deaths are attributed to the Grime Reaper and many side effects of life and living. They concluded that life is contagious and this disease has spread world wide. As of 2018, The UN declared it "an out of control epidemic" as stated by Dr Whistlestop-Blow in her paper presented to Donald Trump at the New York Fawltey Towers summit in Octemeber last year.
Life can be prevented and all safety precaution should be in place to prevent the spread of this disease. Some of the recommendations issued by the summit to control this blight were Ai, radiation, nuclear fall out, tsunamis, hurricanes, sever weather, drought, global warming, flooding, additional wars, and alien invasions, to name a few.
The full report can be viewed http:/www.pulldaothe
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A key finding of the article by Dr Whistlestop-Blower that you have missed in the fluff and flummery was that "Life is a terminal, sexually transmitted disease with no time off for good behaviour."
Thank you for you most interesting reply and I will put it with the study that recently found coal fired power stations reduce or shift rainfall by the injection of ultra fine particles into the cloud base.
Regards Stef
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I was just reading about Fluff and Flummery next week. Farmers, located between the north and south poles have discovered that growing fields of fluff and flummery reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere when growing. On harvesting, the crop can be utilised for biofuel to run vehicles. There is no modification required to one's vehicle, a normal combustion engine separates the fluff from the flummery to produce H2OH OH emission from the exhaust.
The fruit bearing crop has medicinal qualities and may be suitable for rejuvenation of barren soils such as the Sahara and Gobi deserts while sustaining life on earth to a bare minimum. It is being hailed as a breakthrough by WHO and some scientific communists.
I recall the article heading: Grow Fluff and Flummery and capture CO2. My question in this article is, does the Geneva Convention of 1925 cover for captured and imprisonment of CO2?
Why don't you share the facts of the percent of vehicles that are diesels compared to Gas or other. Give your article some real facts to for comparison. How bad would it be if it was all Gasoline and more fuel burned instead of the diesel.
Some perspective from the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum:
There are legitimate questions with the many underlying and inter-related assumptions, models & numerous estimates that form the basis of the conclusions of the ICCT/CCAC report particularly, the ability and precision to draw sharp and specific conclusions that isolate and assign specific health-impact outcomes to specific sectors, equipment and emissions types across multiple continents. The report includes no observational data, actual emissions measurements or vehicle testing results to validate its various assumptions.
Tremendous progress has been made in virtually eliminating criteria emissions and fine particulates from today's generation of diesel engines thanks to the use active selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems utilizing Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) as a catalyst and diesel particulate filters; NOx emissions are reduced by up to 90%, PM emissions over 95%.
Continue reading our full statement here: https://www.dieselfo
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Interesting. So based on assumptions and no real information, a way forward has been found that could be, or could not be suitable. Yet with actual values proffered of 90% and 95% you have found a way to convince mass users of diesel engines, that they are in the wrong. Fascinating.