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Impact of the Volkswagen emissions control defeat device on US public health [1]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has alleged that Volkswagen Group of America (VW) violated the Clean Air Act (CAA) by developing and installing emissions control system 'defeat devices' (software) in model year 2009–2015 vehicles with 2.0 litre diesel engines. VW has admitted the inclusion of defeat devices. On-road emissions testing suggests that in-use NOx emissions for these vehicles are a factor of 10 to 40 above the EPA standard. In this paper we quantify the human health impacts and associated costs of the excess emissions. We propagate uncertainties throughout the analysis.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
29/10/2015
Steven R H Barrett [3], Raymond L Speth [4], Sebastian D Eastham & et al [5]
Environmental Research Letters [6]
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Tags:
Auto Industry [7], Vehicular Pollution [8], Vehicular Standards [9], Multinational Corporations (MNCs) [10], Health Effects [11], United States Of America (US) [12], Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [13], PM 2.5 [14]
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[2] http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114005/meta
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/steven-r-h-barrett-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/raymond-l-speth
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sebastian-d-eastham-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-research-letters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/auto-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-standards
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/multicorporations
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25