Much recent coverage of our problematic air quality fails to mention that the World Health Organization recently stated that evidence shows that
diesel exhaust causes cancer (for example 6 May, p 35).
The research, funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that inhalation of
diesel exhaust caused changes in the heart's electrical activity, suggesting that air pollution reduces the amount of oxygen available to the heart during exercise.
Not exact matches
These chemicals can also mix with
diesel exhaust to produce ozone, which can
cause problems breathing and worsen asthma and emphysema.
Modern
diesels are subject to many strict controls on emissions and often have many obstructions in the
exhaust, which
cause them to feel like they have some engine braking like a gasoline engine.
The World Health Organization has concluded that
diesel exhaust is a
cause of lung cancer, a move that could significantly impact the proliferation of
diesel engine vehicles in North America.
That smell happens to be
diesel exhaust which
causes headaches, lightheadedness, and dizzy - ness.
Hopefully, they will avoid the stupid mistakes they made in their engineering of the
diesel Liberty (leak prone fuel system, a fuel filter / heater that
caused fires, an inadequate transmission, an air cleaner that requires filter changes at 5000 miles, and an
exhaust gas recirculation system that regularly self destructs).