Volkswagen's Excess Emissions Will Kill 59 Americans: Study

An MIT and Harvard study is the first peer-reviewed estimate of the health impacts of Volkswagen's faulty software code.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Volkswagen's emissions scandal now has an estimated death toll.

The excess emissions that the company concealed will be responsible for about 59 early deaths in the U.S. alone, according to a sweeping new study. The implications for Europe are far worse.