Interesting about the bladder CA. The well known causes of bladder CA are cigarette smoking, aniline dye exposure from the printing industry and ascaris (worm infection- mostly Egypt). A lot of truckers who are those mostly exposed to Diesel are smokers. I wonder then if the study was confounded?
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: I shouldn't think that would come as any real surprise to most folks. Unfortunately, it is just another item on a long list of things that we ought not to breath into our lungs. Randy On 12/06/2012 12:19 PM, Dan Elliott wrote: This seems relevant for those owning older diesels such as myself:Dan Elliott 300TD 82 129kmi Diesel Engine Exhaust Causes Lung Cancer, WHO Agency Says Exhaust from diesel engines <http://topics.bloomberg.com/diesel-engines/>causes lung cancer, a World Health Organization<http://www.who.int/en/> agency said for the first time, citing a review of studies. Diesel exhaust also was linked to an increased risk of bladder cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer<http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/2012/mono105-backgrounderQ_A.php>, based in Lyon, France<http://topics.bloomberg.com/france/>, said in a statement<http://press.iarc.fr/pr213_E.pdf> today. The group published the findings after a review over eight days by a panel of scientists. An earlier review, in 1988, classified diesel engine exhaust as “probably carcinogenic.” The agency isn’t providing guidelines on what level of exposure is carcinogenic, leaving it up to national and international regulatory authorities to weigh its conclusion, Christopher Wild, director of the agency, told reporters today on a conference call. “The scientific evidence was compelling and the working group’s conclusion was unanimous: Diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in humans,” Christopher Portier, chairman of the IARC working group, said in the statement. “Given the additional health impacts from diesel particulates, exposure to this mixture of chemicals should be reduced worldwide.‘‘ The review of older studies may not take into account advances in diesel technology over the last decade, Steve Hansen<http://topics.bloomberg.com/steve-hansen/>, a spokesman for the Diesel Technology Forum<http://www.dieselforum.org/index.cfm?objectid=1098FAC0-9376-11E0-98E9000C296BA163>in Washington<http://topics.bloomberg.com/washington/>, said in an e-mailed statement. The group represents global diesel engine manufacturers, automakers and oil refiners. Members include Deere& Co. (DE)<http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/DE:US>, Ford Motor Co. (F)<http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/F:US> and BP Plc. (BP/)<http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BP/:LN> Lower Emissions Nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy-duty trucks and buses have been reduced by 99 percent and particulate emissions by 98 percent over the last 10 years, Hansen said. While the amount of particulates and chemicals are reduced with these changes, it is not yet clear how they may translate into health effects, the IARC said. ‘‘Research into this question is needed.’’ Existing vehicles without these modifications will take many years to be replaced, particularly in developed countries, where regulatory measures are less stringent, the IARC said. In March, the U.S. National Cancer Institute Heavy released results from a study that said exposure to diesel fumes increased risk of death from lung cancer<http://topics.bloomberg.com/lung-cancer/> in miners<http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/2012/DieselMinersPressRelease>in the U.S. To contact the reporter on this story: Makiko Kitamura in London at mkitamu...@bloomberg.net _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
