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Read the following quote from EPA on the effects of the new low-sulfur diesel rule, and comment on the annual cost savings to the health care system. One way to begin is to consider the cost for an emergency room visit for a child with asthma, for example.
“Once this action is fully implemented, 2.6 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions will be reduced each year. Soot or particulate matter will be reduced by 110,000 tons a year. An estimated 8,300 premature deaths, 5,500 cases of chronic bronchitis and 17,600 cases of acute bronchitis in children will also be prevented annually. It [will help] avoid more than 360,000 asthma attacks and 386,000 cases of respiratory symptoms in asthmatic children every year. In addition, 1.5 million lost workdays, 7,100 hospital visits and 2,400 emergency room visits for asthma will be prevented.”
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