Our dirty fuel is a bigger killer than COVID-19: how Australia fails on car emissions – Sydney Morning Herald

In setting our standards in 2018, to be effective until 2027, the government downplayed the very significant health consequences of fuel emissions, including more premature deaths at over 1700 a year than the annual road toll. These deaths are many multiples of those so far from the pandemic, and at very considerable economic cost.
In our highly urbanised nation, a large proportion of our growing population is exposed to vehicle exhaust emissions. The health effects include reduced lung functio…

Click here to view the original article.