Image: ACS, Barrett et al. And That’s Just Cruise Emissions Researchers from MIT and the University of Cambridge in the UK have released a study that attributes about 8,000 premature deaths to emissions from airplanes at cruise altitudes. Landing and takeoff also produce a significant quantity of pollutants, but they are already regulated, while cruising at altitudes of over 3,000 feet isn’t (at least not worldwide)…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Study Estimates 8,000 Premature Deaths Per Year Caused by Unregulated Airplane Emissions
