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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Some of the world’s cities suffer disproportionate economic losses because of the health consequences of in-car air pollution, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK). The international study assessed economic losses by measuring a city’s death rate caused by PM 2.5

Malawi

Malawi Pollution Ethiopia Tanzania

Researchers say policies to curb short-lived climate pollutants could yield major health benefits; methane and black carbon

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

Shindell, professor of climate science at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, co-authored the paper with colleagues from the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development in Washington, D.C.; Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide.

Climate

Climate Pollution Carbon Colombia

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Researchers say policies to curb short-lived climate pollutants could yield major health benefits; methane and black carbon

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