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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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The researchers also mapped local emissions in 5,695 US cities, finding the highest emissions-related mortality rate in Baltimore, where 130 out of every 100,000 residents likely die in a given year due to long-term exposure to air pollution. —Caiazzo et al.

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