My local Fire Department recently sent out a "We're doing a great job" mailing that they often do when softening up the community prior to a Levy Election.
In this mailing they told how they were replacing their ambulances with gasoline powered vehicles "to reduce the exposure of employees to carcinogens".
Seems like there has been extensive ongoing research on Diesel powered engines vs gasoline engines regarding Lung Cancer.
Here's an article that shows some results:
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/165/1/53/232333?login=false
It's clear that diesel engine exhaust contains more small particulate emissions than gasoline. Is it a big health hazard? I guess it depends on how much more one is exposed to diesel exhaust than others.
It also brings up the question of how much of an issue is diesel exhaust after DEF has been burned in an effort to reduce the particulate emissions?
Like I said, some "spice" for the discussion
In this mailing they told how they were replacing their ambulances with gasoline powered vehicles "to reduce the exposure of employees to carcinogens".
Seems like there has been extensive ongoing research on Diesel powered engines vs gasoline engines regarding Lung Cancer.
Here's an article that shows some results:
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/165/1/53/232333?login=false
These results provide some limited support for the hypothesis of an excess lung cancer risk due to diesel exhaust but no support for an increase in risk due to gasoline exhaust.
It's clear that diesel engine exhaust contains more small particulate emissions than gasoline. Is it a big health hazard? I guess it depends on how much more one is exposed to diesel exhaust than others.
It also brings up the question of how much of an issue is diesel exhaust after DEF has been burned in an effort to reduce the particulate emissions?
Like I said, some "spice" for the discussion
