News tagged with diesel fumes


Diesel fumes increase risk of childhood brain tumours, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A link between brain tumours in children and their parents' exposure to diesel exhaust fumes before birth has been found by researchers at The University of Western Australia-affiliated Western Australian ...

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Lethal exhaust: Study leads to designation of diesel fumes as a known carcinogen

(Medical Xpress)—Squeezed among tractor-trailers creeping through the Callahan Tunnel on the way to East Boston, you know those nasty-smelling diesel fumes can't be good for you. Now a landmark study has ...

Health created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Creating a stink about traffic pollution

With the World Health Organization categorising diesel fumes as carcinogenic a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) scientist said if fumes had a stronger smell they would be easier to avoid.

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WHO's cancer agency: Diesel fumes cause cancer

Diesel exhaust causes cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke.

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Pregnant mothers at risk from air pollution

A Californian-based study has looked in detail at air quality and the impact of traffic-related air pollution on premature birth. Published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health, results from this s ...

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Diesel fumes pose risk to heart as well as lungs, study shows

Tiny chemical particles emitted by diesel exhaust fumes could raise the risk of heart attacks, research has shown.

Health created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast