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Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds

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According to reporting by The Guardian, a new study shows that toxic vehicle emissions kill roughly five Americans every hour. The research attributes approximately forty-one thousand eight hundred premature deaths in twenty twenty-four to road pollution—underscoring how fossil-fueled transportation remains a major driver of mortality across the nation.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/deaths-ve...

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