Health experts to study Dieselgate impact

Scientists are working on an assessment of the health impact of excess emissions from diesel cars in Europe in the wake of the Dieselgate scandal.

The assessment is a follow-up to a study published last March, in which it was estimated that VW's cheating will lead to some 1,200 premature deaths.

Steven Barrett, one of the authors of that article, told EUobserver his team, most of whom are attached to the Mas...