How cars take lives in more ways than just crashes

It is no secret that man made chemical emissions pose risks to human health, but nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter produced by cars are ailing and killing people every day.While nitrogen dioxide comes from motor vehicle emissions, particulate matter is a result ofvehicles, specifically tyres, and brakeware. According to the Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand (Hapinz) study, based on the latest available complete data (from 2016) and published earlier this year,1 in 2016 alone nitrogen dioxide emissions have caused 2000 premature deaths, 2000 cardiovascular related hospital admissions, 6500 respiratory related hospital admissions, and an asthma prevalence of 13 200 every year. Meanwhile, particulate matter caused 1300 premature deaths, 2600 cardiovascular related hospital admissions, and 2000 respiratory illnesses. The researchers estimated that in total this has created 1.745 million restricted activity days (defined by the study as “days on which people could not do the things they might otherwise…
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