British scientists are to warn the government that air pollution kills as many as 60,000 people in the country each year.
According to a report by the Sunday Times, scientists believe air pollution from “dirty diesel” may be to blame for about a tenth of Britain’s total annual toll.
Scientists are to present their critical report to the government in 2015.
Currently, even high levels of highly-toxic nitrogen dioxide emitted by diesel engines do not make the official toll.
A report by the Committee on the Medical Effect of Air Pollutants wants to put it to the government that inaction will mean deaths on a massive scale, almost exceeding the count related to tobacco, according to the Sunday Times.
Evidence of the long-term effects of formerly overlooked pollutants can be gleaned from the story of any one of the three million Britons suffering from COPD or emphysema.
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