Shipping air pollution causing 24,000 deaths a year in East Asia – study

Often overlooked compared to cars and factories that are far bigger causes of smog, ship traffic 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 said on Monday.Often overlooked compared to cars and factories that are far bigger causes of smog, ship traffic has more than doubled off East Asia si