Air pollution fatalities now exceed traffic fatalities by three to one. (FYI).

Public Management | January 1, 2003 | Copyright

The World Health Organization reports that 3 million people now die each year from the effects of air pollution, three times the number of deaths each year in automobile accidents. A study published in The Lancet in 2000 concluded that air pollution in France, Austria, and Switzerland is responsible for more than 40,000 deaths annually in those three countries alone. About half of these deaths can be traced to air pollution from vehicle emissions.

In the United States, traffic fatalities total just over 40,000 per year, while air pollution claims 70,000 lives ...

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