Every day, one San Diego County resident dies from vehicle pollution and roughly one new pediatric asthma case emerges, a report published Monday by the International Council on Clean Transportation showed.
Statewide, vehicle pollution leads to more than 8,300 premature deaths and 5,500 new pediatric asthma cases annually.
“That’s not surprising because California is home to some of the country’s most dangerous transportation pollution hotspots,” said Josh Miller, one of the study’s authors…