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Feb 5, 2015

* USA - Health Study: No lung cancer risk ...

... from new-tech diesel truck engines

-- The Health Effects Institute (HEI) on Tuesday released the results of a scientific study that examined the health effects of emissions from new-technology diesel engines in commercial trucks and found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors or pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue after laboratory animals were exposed to diesel engine exhaust over their lifetimes... The multi-year study, known as the Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study or ACES, concluded that exposure to diesel exhaust from new-technology diesel engines did not cause any increase in the risk of lung cancer or other significant adverse health effects in the study animals... Said Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum: “The results of this new study verify the environmental benefits of the new clean diesel technology, which have near-zero emissions for nitrogen oxides (NOx), hydrocarbons (HC) and particulate matter (PM)"...  Earlier phases of the study confirmed that the emissions from new-technology diesel engines are not only at levels well-below those required by U.S.A. EPA standards, but also contain near-zero levels of the components of diesel exhaust that were thought to be harmful, such as particulate matter and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons). The advanced technologies that were used in the ACES test engines have been installed in on-highway trucks and buses since 2007... The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) is the trade association representing worldwide manufacturers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. EMA works with government and industry to help the nation achieve its goals of cleaner fuels, more efficient engines, cleaner air, and improved safety... Given the comprehensive approach used in the ACES study, its independent peer review, and HEI’s reputation for integrity and sound science, EMA expects the ACES study results to play a central and significant role in any future evaluation of diesel technology health effects by regulatory agencies worldwide... Boston, Massachusetts, USA. -Trucking News -January 28, 2015

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Mar 9, 2013

Diesel Tax To Cut Down On Cancer-Causing * France

* France - Raising Diesel Tax to cut down on Cancer-causing exhaust

(Photo: Urban air pollution kills more than 5,000 people per year in France)
Paris,France -iTech Post, by Lois Heyman -Mar 4, 2013: -- European drivers are not strangers to diesel engines (not just for trucks), but a new French tax on diesel cars may change that. French Environment Minister, Delphine Batho, is backing legislation that will introduce higher taxes on diesel fuels, citing health concerns about the fuel type’s pollution... The current tax rate on diesel makes it 20 cents cheaper per liter (0.26 gallon) than gasoline. The new tax would make equal the rates for both fuels, and generate 8 billion euros ($11 billion) for the French government... Diesel fuel is considerably more efficient than gasoline, because each gallon of fuel holds more energy, and because diesel engines are intrinsically more efficient than their gasoline counterparts. But a report released in June from the World Health Organization classifies diesel exhaust as carcinogenic, specifically stating that exposure to diesel fumes causes lung cancer... About 80 percent of the French car-fuel market comes from diesel. And last year, about 73 percent of new cars sold in France were diesels, reports Bloomberg. And the numbers are still rising, as seen in fuel demand. Diesel grew 7.5 percent in 2012 to 38.1 million metric tons, while gasoline fell by 6.5 percent to 7.3 million tons...

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Jun 30, 2012

DRIVERS HEALTH RISKS * WORLDWIDE

* France - To require all drivers to carry breathalyzer to curb accidents

 (Photo: Breathalyzer ignition interlock) 
Paris,France -The Detroit News (USA), by David Shepardson -June 29, 2012: -- France on Sunday will become the first country to require all drivers, including tourists, to carry hand-held breathalyzers in all vehicles — a move to help the wine-loving country crack down on drunken driving. The law takes effect July 1 and was approved in March 2011. It is aimed at convincing drivers to check their blood alcohol level before starting their vehicles. The law is being watched closely by auto safety advocates in the United States. In the U.S., 10,228 people were killed in 2010 in alcohol-related crashes, down 4.9 percent over 2009 France had about 4,000 road deaths in 2011, down from 16,000 annually in the early 1970s. Nearly 30 percent of road deaths in France are alcohol-related — or about 1,150. That's about the same percentage in the United States...   Fines for not carrying one are small — 11 euros — or about $14 and begin in November. France has also instituted stricter drunk driving laws and tougher penalties in recent years...


* Denmark - Study: Traffic Noise Linked To Greater Risk Of Heart Attack

(Photo from Flickr, by user paulobar: New York City traffic at night) 
Copenhagen,Denmark -The N.Y.Times/The Car Connection (USA), by Richard Read -Jun 28, 2012: -- If you live near a busy boulevard or interstate, you already know how annoying that traffic can be during your daily commute. But according to a new study, cited in the New York Times, it may also be the source of a bigger pain: a heart attack... The news comes from a group of Danish researchers who tracked the health of 57,053 people in Copenhagen and Aarhus for about 10 years. Participants began the study in middle age, between the ages of 50 and 64... To glean their results, scientists measured the noise of traffic passing by each participant's home, and what they found was alarming, particularly for residents of urban areas: for every 10 decibels of traffic noise, there was an additional 10% risk of heart attack...

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Jun 13, 2012

HUMAN HEALTH * UN

* Switzerland - Diesel exhaust fumes cause cancer, WHO says 

 (Photo: Old broken diesel pump)
Geneva,Switzerland -Reuters -June 12, 2012: -- Diesel engine exhausts cause cancer in humans, World Health Organization experts said on Tuesday, in a decision which raises the risk rating of diesel fumes based on evidence of links to lung and bladder cancer...   In an announcement likely to cause consternation among car and truck makers, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the WHO's cancer department, reclassified diesel exhausts from its group 2A of probable carcinogens to its group 1 substances that have definite links to cancer...   The decision is a result of a week-long meeting of independent experts who assessed the latest scientific evidence on the cancer-causing potential of diesel and gasoline exhausts. The group said gasoline exhaust fumes should be classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans", a finding that was unchanged from the previous IARC assessment made in 1989.

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