Study finds shipping emissions in East Asia contribute to up to 37.5K premature deaths each year

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By mmillikinJul 19, 2016, 7:00 am208 pts
A study by a team of researchers from China and the US has shown that shipping emissions in East Asia accounted for 16% of global shipping CO2 in 2013, compared to only 4–7% in 2002–2005. Further, increased emissions of traditional criteria pollutants from the shipping sector lead to large adverse health…

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