Choice thoughts on report
My . 02 reading that article... ...
1. "The decade-long study found that inhaling diesel exhaust from large trucks and other sources over time can cause cancer in humans. "---- Hmmm, what about gasser exhausts, paint, he!! what about pollen, cottonwood, sap over time. When's someone going to do a study on why every study done comes back with "might be carcinogenic causes cancer). "
2. "The diesel industry focused on the fact that the study was unable to quantify any cancer risk associated with exposure. "----hmmm, how can the title be "Following the release of a landmark EPA report that links diesel exhaust to lung cancer" if there is no associated data... . I'm so confused now.
3. "“EPA’s review of the cancer issue is significant because it states that the actual risk from exposure to diesel particulates, the primary health risk concern, may be zero,” ----Um, now isn't that a good mark?
4. "The industry also noted that the study was performed when most of the diesel engines on the road were built before the 1980s.
“While the report focused on the past, the future is clean diesel: diesel trucks and buses built today are more than eight times cleaner than just a dozen years ago"----definitely more good marks.
5. "The report acknowledged that its findings were based on engines built before the mid-1990s, but said the results continued to be valid because the slow turnover of truck engines has kept many of these vehicles on the road. "----Better AND reliable?!?? That's great! So, why aren't they up in arms against coal mine fires instead???
6. "Whatever health questions may have existed in the past, we are eliminating them as a concern for the future. ”---sounds responsible.
7. "In this case, the report said, “the exposure-response data are considered too uncertain” to produce a confident quantitative estimate of cancer risk to an individual. "-----does NOT sound responsible.
Brian
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