P.E.I. air could take fatal toll
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 | 12:24 PM AT
CBC News

Smog could kill 48 Islanders this year, according to estimates released at a news conference Tuesday by the Medical Society of P.E.I.

Dr. Ted Boadway said the study was done by entering information on P.E.I.'s air quality, demographics and hospital statistics into a computer model. The model estimated the human and economic costs of air pollution on the Island.

"The actual affects sometimes are what we'll call minor illnesses days, which are illnesses you'd never see a doctor about," said Boadway.

"Sometimes [there are] visits to the emergency department, hospital admissions, and unfortunately we'll see about 48 people die in this province this year who shouldn't die otherwise."

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