Originally published above CleanTechnica.
More and more, comprehensive scientific reports warn us about the dangers of diesel pollution. How much do we come into contact with diesel engine every day? Do we want to know?
Johns's heart for BBC Measure his contact in everyday environment – transit, home and work. These situations have reflected what is related to the pollutants in the air (he breathed)? The infringing immune system begins with infringed lungs. In my opinion, we all suffer when the pollutants from the air penetrate the lungs and the immune and respiratory functions lower. I am not alone in these concerns: The World Health Organization has recreated diesel pollution as a carcinogen defined in 2012 – mainly causing lungs and to some extent cancer cancer Quang.
As a health care provider, I believe that fossil fuels are making us sick. It naturally followed that reading health studies made people a supporter and driving EV – or cyclist/pedestrian (options with other conscience). Each doctor and a health service provider should drive electricity, bicycle and/or walk. We support food and fresh exercise-we need to support clean air. Cancer experts sponsored by the United Kingdom from King College London, Professor David Phillips, providing some details and views:
When the diesel engine is burnt inside an engine, it will release two things causing cancer: the microscopic soot beads and chemicals called the 'multi -ring aromatic hydrocarbon', or PAHS. According to Phillips, there are three ways that can cause cancer: 'First, the inhaled PAH can directly damage DNA in our lung cells – leading to cancer.'
Richard Branson and Group B (ending business as usual) believed that mankind would look back at this polluted automotive culture, this air pollution when they are currently smoking old cigarettes (currently banned in many places in many places. ). For those of us to realize the threat and want to limit contact with diesel smoke, how can we do that? Whether we drive electricity or bicycle, we are surrounded by other vehicles spraying smoke. Having happened, Phillips States:
Second, soot particles can be placed deep inside the lungs, causing long -term and third inflammation, which can increase the speed of cell division. Therefore, if any nearby lung cells receive random mutations, theoretically, this inflammation can make them more likely to grow and spread.
Is that latest virus compromise if a person's immune system is not reduced from air pollutants? I think no. In the UK, a recent study blamed the air pollution for 40,000 deaths each year. In the same study, the researchers cited diesel as a big villain. And why, when there is a solution? It is not only the time you lost in traffic-pine moving slowly (as usual in cities) is worse for diesel smoke. (Thank you to researchers at King College for this information).
BBC's Tim Johns, cyclist and used a series of transit to work every day, explore the problem in his life:
One day, waiting for my train, standing in the concert, I realized that there seemed to be a lot of smoke from the diesel engines that didn't work.
How many diesel pollution have I breathed?
I decided to perform a test for the Jeremy Vine program on the BBC Radio 2 to find out how much I was exposed to daily, in different locations and on different shipping methods.
With a mobile device to monitor pollution, he started. Device measuring black carbon particles from diesel fuel burning. High reading means poor air quality and poor environment.
John's continues to involve the horrific details of underground particles in the air in London:
There was another amazing measurement that I recorded that I have not mentioned. On the London submarine, my device let me read 77.8.
But this is not due to diesel smoke – other particles found underground can falsify reading.
The device measuring 'black particles', on the ground, will mainly be black carbon from diesel engines, according to Mr. Barratt. It is known that the tube is a dusty environment, but what is not known is how toxic to the special nuts we breathe when traveling underground.
This study called for light to a worrying problem for urban people with lighter footprints.
Similar studies should be conducted in New York subway and other main cities to incite better protection for passengers. If not by removing toxic particles, at leastCities can set up air filtration systems underground. Does this request too much? The United States banned street drugs and other forms of abuse substances – why not prohibit carcinogenic pollutants? Why not ask for more air quality for the masses to travel underground?
The full story from Johns's heart here.
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