[url=http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2008/5/22/State-Report-Links-More-Deaths-to-Air-Pollution.aspx?topicID=49][/url]

If a person was going on a killing rampage and killed even hundreds, we would have a huge alert, tons of police on the case, mass media attention, general panic in the streets... yet, here we have a killer that is responsible for tens of THOUSANDS of deaths, and there is likely little going to be done.

Seems that protecting life and well-being ranks much lower to convenience and investing in future technologies.