Thousands Have Died Prematurely From Gas Produced by Diesel Engines, Study Finds

This study shows how much nitrogen dioxide harms health in Germany,” the head of the Federal Office for the Environment, Maria Krautzberger, said. “We should do everything to make our air clean and healthy.” The report found that the number of deaths fell from a peak of 8,157 in 2008, in line with a gradual decline in NO2 emissions in Germany. It took a conservative approach, only examining diseases that have a well-established link with NO2 and excluding the impact in areas where emissions are below 10 micrograms per cubic meter. Still, it found the disease burden was up to 50 percent higher in areas with significant NO2 levels than in those areas where emissions were below the study threshold. The study also calculated what’s called the “years lost” as a result of elevated emissions, resulting in a figure of 49,726 fewer years of life for the population across Germany in 2014.
Source: TIME: Health - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Uncategorized APH Germany healthytime onetime Source Type: news