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Health risks of shipping pollution have been underestimated http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239375639
Britain and other European governments have been accused of underestimating the health risks from shipping pollution following research which shows that one giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50 million cars.
Confidential data from maritime industry insiders based on engine size and the quality of fuel typically used by ships and cars shows that just 15 of the world's biggest ships may now emit as much pollution as all the world's 760 million cars. Low-grade ship bunker fuel (or fuel oil) has up to 2,000 times the sulphur content of diesel fuel used in US and European automobiles....pollution from the world's 90,000 cargo ships leads to 60,000 deaths a year in the US alone and costs up to $330 billion per year in health costs from lung and heart diseases.
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Curmudgeon says: "On the other hand, sulphur emissions interfere with the greenhouse gas effect. We can breathe or fry."
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Looks to me like it's time to give these cargo ships das boot!
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