First Name | Irina |
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Last Name | Krivoshto |
Email Address | ikrivoshto@ucdavis.edu |
Affiliation | UC Davis School Of Medicine |
Subject | Health effects of diesel exhaust |
Comment | We have published a review article in this month’s Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine on the many adverse health effects of diesel exhaust such as heart attacks, high blood pressure, asthma, bronchitis, infertility, brain damage, as well as lung, ovarian, and esophageal cancer. The article may be of interest to members of the Air Resources Board as it summarizes the up-to-date findings regarding diesel exhaust and public health. I will be present at the meeting to answer any questions and provide copies of the article. It may also be accessed on the internet at this site: http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/21/1/55 Abstract: Diesel fuel and the products of its combustion represent one of the toxins most commonly encountered by people living in both urban and rural areas of the world. As nations become more heavily populated, there will be increasing reliance on diesel fuel to power mass transportation and commercial vehicles, as well as heavy machinery involved in construction, farming, and mining. The majority of patients who present to urban primary care clinics and emergency departments will have had significant chronic exposure to diesel exhaust because most use and/or live near busy streets and highways. Furthermore, those who operate or work or live near diesel-powered machinery will have even more toxic exposure. Primary care physicians should be aware of the acute and chronic deleterious clinical effects of diesel exhaust. In this article we review the toxicity and myriad health problems associated with diesel exhaust. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-01-23 08:00:51 |
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