Cost of fossil fuels to the world 5,200,000,000,000 dollars (mainly due to air pollution)

The Hidden Subsidy of Fossil Fuels Atlantic

Atlantic article was based on International Monetary Fund analysis

Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates - May 2019

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  • “Between 70,000 and 107,000 Americans subsidize air pollution with their lives every year.”

  • IMF only considered pollution-related: strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, and lung cancer

    Each additional 10 microgram/cubic meter increase in ambient PM2.5 increases

Strokes 15%
chronic obstructive 5%
pulmonary disease 8%
ischemic heart disease 7%

VitaminDWiki shows the many other problems of air pollution

Air Pollution reduces Vitamin D production - many studies has the following reasons

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