What are the environmental and health ramifications of the Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution scandal?

According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.

According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.

According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.According to recent reports, several dozen people in California, and a hundred more across the country may have died from Volkswagen diesel vehicle pollution. Because the problem resulted in the Volkswagen diesel engines generating up to 40 times the federal limit of nitrogen oxides, experts report that children, the elderly and people suffering from heart conditions and asthma may have suffered.

This week the Volkswagen Group has admitted to misleading the public. It is now looking at fines in excess of $18 billion which will be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. Additional financial exposure will follow in the civil courts.

How were these numbers determined? Well, in 2005 a study was done at Princeton, Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This study determined that for each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere, there were up to 1 in 10,000 additional deaths. Putting all this together and combining the quantity of cars and miles driven, the California and national deaths, due to pollutants, were calculated.

While it is true that these numbers are estimates, they are based on science and accurate statistics. For example, the facts indicate that approximately 482,000 vehicles are affected and that these vehicles may have logged up to 6.5 billion miles. Calculating the range of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from these numbers results in numbers ranging between half and two tons of unsafe emissions.

The bottom line is that the Volkswagen Group had $18 billion reasons why it should have played by the same rules as everyone else. Now it, and its executives are going to be held accountable for putting profits over people.

For almost three decades, we’ve advised our clients to make business decisions and do business as though their most important customers were standing behind them, looking over their shoulders and watching everything that is being done. If Volkswagen Group had followed this advice, they wouldn’t be in the position they are today.