Shipping air pollution causes 24,000 deaths a year in east Asia – study

Ship traffic is often overlooked compared to smog-producing cars and factories, but it has more than doubled off east Asia since 2005A boom in shipping is aggravating air pollution in China and other nations in east Asia, causing thousands of deaths a year in a region with eight of the world’s 10 biggest container ports, scientists have said.
Ship traffic, often overlooked compared to cars and factories that are far bigger causes of smog, has more than doubled off east Asia since 2005 and