BendiNewsTest: How many people may have died due to Volkswagen’s emissions cheating?

Pollution can kill, there’s no disputing that fact. So, if pollution kills, how many people might have died as a result of the additional pollutants emitted by Volkswagen vehicles equipped with software that allowed them to cheat on emissions standards? That’s the question posed by a pair of New York Times writers, who dug into the issue and came up with some grim estimates. Their numbers range from about 106 deaths to roughly 146 deaths since 2008 as a result of the 46,000 tons of additional tailpipe emissions from the Volkswagen vehicles.