Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

We used to make fun of China for this. Now it's us.

In fact, it feels like China, for all its faults, is dunking on us in every area as we squander every lead and advantage we ever had.

I guess it’s the half that are inhaling right now

To add to this, in Australia an estinayed 11,000 deaths a year from traffic polltuon.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-24/air-pollution-modelling-university-of-melbourne-traffic/102015778

Traffic pollution likely causes more than 11,000 premature deaths in Australia a year, new modelling by climate researchers has revealed.