HEALTH RISKS FROM LIGHT-DUTY DIESEL VEHICLES

Lung cancer risks from inhaling diesel exhaust particles were estimated by comparing their carcinogenic potencies with other substances that have been shown to cause cancer in humans. Authors estimate that the expected levels of exposure in congested urban areas could increase a person's lung cancer risk by a few percent, but that the overwhelming cause of lung cancer in a population will continue to be cigarette smoking. Overall, diesel-powered vehicles are expected to cause less than about 200 lung cancers per year in the U.S. population. However, the information currently available is insufficient to exclude the possibility that no lung cancer cases can be attributed to the emissions from light-duty diesel vehicles. (From authors' summary and conclusions)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Reprinted from Environmental Science and Technology 18, January 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Risk Research

  Waterloo University
  Waterloo, ONo N2L 3G1,   Canada 

  Institute for Risk Research

  Waterloo University
  Waterloo, ONo N2L 3G1,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Cudding, R G
  • Griffith, W C
  • McClellan, R O
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 56
• Serial:
  • Risk Abstracts
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institute for Risk Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carcinogens; Diesel engines; Exhaust gases; Hazards; Particulates; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00454352
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM