CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 29,000 a year die from air pollution http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 29,000 a year die from air pollution en Mon, 18 May 2026 09:02:58 +0000 crowriver on "29,000 a year die from air pollution" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15934#post-208700 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:41:09 +0000 crowriver 208700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also more than 16 times the number killed in road traffic collisions in 2014. </p> gibbo on "29,000 a year die from air pollution" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15934#post-208696 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 11:53:17 +0000 gibbo 208696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This article: </p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/16/world-heslth-organisation-figures-deadly-pollution-levels-world-biggest-cities" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/16/world-heslth-organisation-figures-deadly-pollution-levels-world-biggest-cities</a></p> <p>contains the line:</p> <p>"In Britain, where latest figures suggest that around 29,000 people a year die prematurely from particulate pollution"</p> <p>29,000? That's 10 times the number who died on 9-11. </p>