>Sure, people died as a far downstream result of a bunch of cars polluting a lot more than they supposedly did
Breaking antipollution rules was pretty close upstream. Say boss wants to dumps cyanide into water supply, asks you to switch samples used for testing. Close enough for me to blow whistle.
It's pretty well known NOx shorten our lives (NOx + H20 = nitric acids in lungs)
>a bunch of cars polluting a lot more than they supposedly did 40x in NOx
They knew and pushed us into them (anyone else advertised diesel?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNS2nvkjARk
Lastly it's the particles Pm2.5 Pm10. Especially dangerous to children