Study published by Lancet says surge in car use in south and east Asia killed 2.1m people prematurely in 2010
An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world's fastest growing cause of death according to a major study of global diseases.
In 2010, more than 2.1m people in Asia died prematurely from air pollution, mostly from the minute particles of diesel soot and gasses emitted from cars and lorries. Other causes of air pollution include construction and industry. Of these deaths, says the study published in The Lancet, 1.2 million were in east Asia and China, and 712,000 in south Asia, including India.
See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/17/pollution-car-emissions-deaths-china-india
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