MIT-Harvard Study Estimates Almost 200 US Deaths Can Be Linked To VW Emissions Cheating

Volkswagen's emissions scandal now has an estimated death toll. 

The excess emissions that the company concealed will be responsible for about 59 early deaths in the U.S. alone, according to a sweeping new study. The implications for Europe are far worse. 

The study, by researchers at MIT and Harvard, is the first peer-reviewed estimate of the health impacts of Volkswagen's faulty software code, designed to conceal harmful pollutants. If the cars are all recalled by the end of next year, another 130 deaths may be avoided, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Environmental Research Letters. 

Vette71 - 11/2/2015 12:25:47 PM

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Liars Figure, but Figures Never Lie. Fudge a model enough and it can "prove" anything.

atc98092 - 11/2/2015 12:57:52 PM

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This is stupid. There's no methodology to determine something like this. Someone wanted some headlines, and likely some government funding.

vdiv - 11/2/2015 5:29:28 PM

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Yes, smog killing people is stupid. Go to any European cities in the winter and try to breathe.

ricks0me - 11/2/2015 7:02:50 PM

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Right On With This Comment

TheSteve - 11/2/2015 1:28:54 PM

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My SWAG (Scientific Wild-Assed Guess) is better than your SWAG. Now let's enter into a pissing contest (argument) and fight about whose guess is righter.

Meh!

VW has enough genuine crap to deal with for the next decade, as do other auto manufacturers who are now being discovered to pass lab emission tests but exceed legal limits by 4 to 40 times in the real world. News is starting to break about companies falsifying fuel economy tests to show better "numbers" (e.g., Google VW's MAN marine-diesel division, where anomalies were uncovered before VW bought them).

jameswisrik - 11/2/2015 10:59:25 PM

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/epa-volkswagen-may-cheated-emission-180833530.html

EPA SAID CHEAT ALSO FOR AUDI/PORSCHE....
2014 VW Touareg
2015 Porsche Cayenne
2016 Audi A6 Quattro
2016 Audi A7 Quattro
2016 Audi A8
2016 Audi A8L
2016 Audi Q5

HOW ABOUT GM...THEY KILL MILLIONS EVERY DECADE!

jameswisrik - 11/2/2015 11:39:09 PM

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http://news.yahoo.com/us-says-vw-violated-emission-rules-larger-engines-181728635.html

HOW ABOUT GM...THEY KILL MILLIONS EVERY DECADE!