Cruise Liner Pollution Kills Up to 8,300 People a Year in US and Canada, Say...
by Brett Stark
via TreeHugger on 3/22/10
Photo via Alex Hofford Newly proposed restrictions would limit the amount of pollution cruise liner ships can emit in waters 200 miles around the coast of the US and Canada. The proposal is about to be adopted by the UN's International Maritime Organization, and is supported by many governmental groups, including the EPA. In fact, according to Reuters, the EPA argues that adopting the pollution controls would clear the air of particulates in port cities--and would save 8,300 lives a year. Which would mean that unregulated pollution from cruise lines is currently killing 8,300 people a y...Read the full story on TreeHugger
