"Little lungs are still paying for Dieselgate every day, says Jemima Hartshorn, the founder of the Mums for Lungs campaign group. Her own young daughter has suffered serious breathing problems, which at their worst involved the harrowing experience of having to pin her to the floor to administer an inhaler. It is 10 years since the scandal erupted, exposing cars that pumped out far more toxic fumes on the road than when passing regulatory tests in the lab."
"The excess pollution emitted has already killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children, experts have estimated. A further 6,000 early deaths will occur in coming years without action, they say. That action is taking an outrageous amount of time, say lawyers, leaving more than a million of the dirty diesels still on the road today."
"I want the alleged deception of these manufacturers to be brought into the open and for them to be held to account, says Adam Kamenetzky, from south London and one of the claimants. When buying a car in 2018 before the birth of his twin children, he chose his 2013 Mercedes ML250 specifically because of its low emissions in official tests. Now he says he feels he was deceived and was contributing, unknowingly, to deadly air pollution."
Diesel emissions cheating has left children with serious respiratory harm and continues to release excess toxic fumes on roads. Experts estimate the excess pollution has already caused about 16,000 UK deaths and 30,000 cases of childhood asthma, with a further 6,000 early deaths expected without intervention. UK legal and regulatory responses lag behind other countries, with no government fines, recalls, or repairs mandated and over a million dirty diesel vehicles remaining in use. Owners have initiated the largest group action in English legal history, with 1.8 million claimants seeking accountability and disclosure of alleged illegal cheat devices.
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