Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology
Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) contain elemental carbon, organic compounds including Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, and other trace compounds. Diesel exhaust is complex mixture of thousands of chemicals. Over forty air contaminants are recognized as toxicants, such as carcinogens. Most di...
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| description | Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) contain elemental carbon, organic compounds including Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, and other trace compounds. Diesel exhaust is complex mixture of thousands of chemicals. Over forty air contaminants are recognized as toxicants, such as carcinogens. Most diesel exhaust particles have aerodynamic diameters falling within a range of 0.1 to 0.25 μm. DEP was classified as a definite human carcinogen (group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer at 2012 based on recently sufficient epidemiological evidence for lung cancer. Significant decreases in DEP and other diesel exhaust constituents will not be evident immediately, and outworn diesel car having longer mileage still threatens health of people in spite of recent remarkable development in diesel engine technology. Policy change in South Korea, such as introduction of diesel taxi, may raise health risk of air pollution in metropolitan area with these limitations of diesel engine. To protect people against DEP in South Korea, progressive strategies are needed, including disallowance of diesel taxi, more strict regulation of diesel engine emission, obligatory diesel particulate filter attachment in outworn diesel car, and close monitoring about health effects of DEP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6acc276d7caa4b4aba176dd640838bdb2022-12-21T18:46:16ZengKorean Society of Environmental Health and ToxicologyEnvironmental Health and Toxicology2233-65672014-09-012910.5620/eht.e201400980Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technologyJong Han Leem0Young-Kee Jang1 Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Suwon, Suwon, KoreaDiesel exhaust particles (DEP) contain elemental carbon, organic compounds including Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, and other trace compounds. Diesel exhaust is complex mixture of thousands of chemicals. Over forty air contaminants are recognized as toxicants, such as carcinogens. Most diesel exhaust particles have aerodynamic diameters falling within a range of 0.1 to 0.25 μm. DEP was classified as a definite human carcinogen (group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer at 2012 based on recently sufficient epidemiological evidence for lung cancer. Significant decreases in DEP and other diesel exhaust constituents will not be evident immediately, and outworn diesel car having longer mileage still threatens health of people in spite of recent remarkable development in diesel engine technology. Policy change in South Korea, such as introduction of diesel taxi, may raise health risk of air pollution in metropolitan area with these limitations of diesel engine. To protect people against DEP in South Korea, progressive strategies are needed, including disallowance of diesel taxi, more strict regulation of diesel engine emission, obligatory diesel particulate filter attachment in outworn diesel car, and close monitoring about health effects of DEP.http://www.e-eht.org/upload/pdf/eht-29-e2014009.pdfAir pollutionDiesel engine technologyDiesel exhaust particlesHuman carcinogen |
| spellingShingle | Jong Han Leem Young-Kee Jang Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology Environmental Health and Toxicology Air pollution Diesel engine technology Diesel exhaust particles Human carcinogen |
| title | Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology |
| title_full | Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology |
| title_fullStr | Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology |
| title_short | Increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology |
| title_sort | increase of diesel car raises health risk in spite of recent development in engine technology |
| topic | Air pollution Diesel engine technology Diesel exhaust particles Human carcinogen |
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