Diesel exhausts do cause cancer, says WHO

[Chalky]

News article on BBC

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18415532

[Guest]

News article on BBC

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18415532

No great shock there. I suspect any infernal combustion engine must increase the odds of us getting cancer and other diseases?

[Robbo]

So if your a lorry driver that carry's wood chipings, likes the sun and a few pints ya screwed, especially if you live near sellafield.

[bizzard]

Pooooh!!That's it no more train spotting at Paddington.

[Tuscan]

I've already had it so do your worst..........

[Chertsey]

Is that really news? I thought it was well established already.

[Geoff Taylor]

I never cease to be amazed by quotes like these suddenly appearing as if someone has just discovered a link between diesel combustion and cancer.

Thirty eight years ago when I was an apprentice diesel engineer,it was drummed into us that carcinogens in exhaust fumes can cause many forms of cancer and raw fuel and oils can give nasty skin complaints etc also leading to some form of big "C". Everything that goes into and exits any type of engine is harmful to a degree and sheer common sense helps us avoid the hazards they behold.

I am expecting to soon see a news bulletin warning us that rain is wet!!.

[benfordboy]

Thankfully we have a petrol engine.

 

Oh Bugger , apparently they're harmful too !

 

Well I'll risk it , I'm not rowing everywhere apparently that increases the chance of a hernia (Been there not too bad I guess)

 

Sail power anyone ?

[madcat]

Horse anybody? they bite and kick if they feel so minded. I will take my chances with my Lister aircooled horses.Will there be much left when I get old anyway now the Condems are dead set on completing the destruction maggie started.

If you really want to get upset consider that bacon and other cured meats have been blamed for causing stomach cancer so if the diesel fumes don't get you the fry up might.

[benfordboy]

Horse anybody? they bite and kick if they feel so minded. I will take my chances with my Lister aircooled horses.Will there be much left when I get old anyway now the Condems are dead set on completing the destruction maggie started.

If you really want to get upset consider that bacon and other cured meats have been blamed for causing stomach cancer so if the diesel fumes don't get you the fry up might.

 

If I have to row my boat , not gonna do it without a Bacon Sarnie !!

 

After filling my Jerrycans last weekend , I will probably suffer more from wallet stress !

[sueb]

Hubby was told it was diesel fumes that killed his lorry driver father in 1960

[RAP]

Has anyone fitted an exhaust filter to protect themselves from inhaling any fumes or soot particles?

 

This would be useful for roof mounted exhaust stacks.

[Mac of Cygnet]

Is it too much to hope that this will scare off the fishermen who handle the fish who have breathed in the contents of my wet exhaust?

[windy miller]

 

Sail power anyone ?

 

I went sailing and got hit on the head by the boom, then capsised and went for a swim - so nothing's safe in this life!

[Proper Job]

Has anyone fitted an exhaust filter to protect themselves from inhaling any fumes or soot particles?

 

This would be useful for roof mounted exhaust stacks.

Yep........

 

When ye olde JP is on full chat, I breath through my nose and wipe the soot out of my eyes

 

[Domino_2]

Well thats hubby and I f***** as our Beta BD3 smokes all the time

[Smelly]

So we should now have a complete ban on using diesel propulsion in public places...

 

Where's me fags?

[Gazboatman]

Damn.. and I bought a boat to get away from Cancer...

 

Oh well.

[Giggetty]

It's the microparticulates that do it-hence the black smoke controls on modern diesels. An argument for thoughtful use of the throttle on older ones, I guess.

[NB Alnwick]

It's the microparticulates that do it-hence the black smoke controls on modern diesels. An argument for thoughtful use of the throttle on older ones, I guess.

 

I think we all know that many inhaled substances are likely to cause cancer or other serious diseases - but is that a good reason to stop breathing?

[Morat]

When I was being driven around with my head sticking out the top of a vehicle with a 550bhp diesel, no silencer and the exhaust just in front and right of the turret, I used to filter the air with a Marlboro Light. It certainly tasted better than raw diesel exhaust!

[Doorman]

Thankfully we have a petrol engine.

 

Oh Bugger , apparently they're harmful too !

 

Well I'll risk it , I'm not rowing everywhere apparently that increases the chance of a hernia (Been there not too bad I guess)

 

Sail power anyone ?

 

Even the methane exhaust fumes from the horse drawn boats is harmful (to the ozone layer). Allegedly!

[PaulG]

Is this the same World Health Organization that declared the swine 'flu "pandemic"?

No danger of any scaremongering here, then.

[Guest]

We're all going to die. This planet one day will die; might be a few million even billion years, but it will die.

It usually pays to be sensible, but it is possible to suffer health problems from worrying about things.

Enjoy your life whist trying not to spoil that of others.

 

Is this the same World Health Organization that declared the swine 'flu "pandemic"?

No danger of any scaremongering here, then.

Indeed.