While automobiles provide many benefits, they also have negative impacts. For example, car crashes account for an estimated $180 billion and air pollution from traffic accounts for an estimated $50-80 billion, according to a report by the American Public Health Association. The report draws on numerous sources to better understand the costs behind transportation.… [ Read full post ]
Posts Tagged ‘Health Costs’
APHA Report: The hidden health costs of transportation
Monday, July 30th, 2012
Sebelius, Jackson: The public health costs of air pollution
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011The polluted air in our environment costs U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars each year and without aggressive action these costs will escalate, according to a recent opinion editorial in USA Today authored by Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency (HHS), and Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection … [ Read full post ]
