Simmons, Walter O.; Zlatoper, Thomas J.; "Obesity and Motor Vehicle Deaths in the USA: A State-Level Analysis." Journal of Economic Studies, 2010, v. 37, iss. 5-6, pp. 544-56.Walter, O. S., & Thomas, J. Z. (2010). Obesity and motor vehicle deaths in the USA: a state-...
This later type of pollution is responsible for 4.2 million deaths per year due to heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, and respiratory diseases [1]. Apart from the inherent pollution of human activities, other natural sources of pollution are also produced such as pollen, spores, fungi, ...
Tiny combustion particles, many of them from diesel exhaust, have been estimated to cause 10,000 deaths in Britain and 60,000 in the USA each year (Bown, 1994). The US EPA has found that thousands of modern heavy-duty diesel truck engines run cleanly during mandatory performance testing, ...
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Crashes / Fires: 0 / 0 Injuries / Deaths: 0 / 0 Average Mileage: 78 miles About These NHTSA Complaints: This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem. So how...
Previous studies have quantified the ambient air quality and health benefits of ZEV adoption at the national and state levels: a 75% fleet electrification rate in the United States could prevent 3000 PM2.5-related premature deaths and bring ~$70 billion in health benefits per year6. Another stud...
Likewise, in the USA, the rates of hit-and-run crashes and the associated fatalities have been on the rise. In 2006, there were around 732,900 hit-and-run crashes, which increased to 737,100 by 2015. Simultaneously, the number of deaths increased from 1772 (constituting 4.1% of all ...
in November 1999 the Japanese H2 launch vehicle failed to launch, in February 2003, the United States Columbia space shuttle explosion occurred, resulting in seven astronaut deaths and direct economic losses of $1.2 billion, and in June 2015 and September 2016, SpaceX’s rocket Falcon 9 exploded...
From 2001 to 2013, six sets of New Zealand parents attempted to name their children “Lucifer.” Luckily for the newborns, the New Zealand Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has to approve all names. This devilish one didn’t make the cut. ...