Cal State Fullerton Study Finds Air Pollution Kills More People Than Car Accidents

Difficult and potentially lethal to breathe

November 2008 researchers at Cal State Fullerton determined that air pollution in South Coast & San Joaquin Air Basins, which includes Los Angeles County, are costing Californians $28 billion in lost work time and health care costs.

Researcher Jane Hall, said,

“There’s a clear consensus among experts: lives in fact are shortened and people are made sick by air pollution,” Hall said. “Kids miss school, there are more non-fatal heart attacks, and work days are lost.”

The researchers went on to say that pollution-related deaths are more than double those from car accidents in Los Angeles County.