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Public health impact and economic costs of Volkswagen’s lack of compliance with the United States’ emission standards [1]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a notice of violation against Volkswagen (VW) for installing a defective device in certain models of diesel cars to circumvent emission tests for nitrogen oxides (NOx). We quantified the health and economic impacts of extra NOx emissions attributable to non-compliant vehicles in the U.S. using the EPA’s Co-Benefits Risk Assessment model. We estimated that the total extra NOx emitted over one year of operation would result in 5 to 50 premature deaths, 687 to 17,526 work days with restricted activity, and economic costs of $43,479,189 to $423,268,502, based on various assumptions regarding emission scenarios and risks. This study highlights the potential impacts of VW vehicles’ lack of compliance on the health and well-being of the U.S. population.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
08/09/2016
Lifang Hou [3], Kai Zhang [4], Moira A. Luthin & et al [5]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [6]
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Tags:
Auto Industry [7], Vehicular Standards [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Volkswagen [10], Health Effects [11], Air Pollution [12], Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [13], Cars [14]

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