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09/17/2018 / By Russel Davis

Air pollution found to damage DNA in the womb, according to research

Exposure to air pollution from diesel fumes during the second trimester of pregnancy may have a detrimental effect on the DNA of unborn children, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. A team of health experts at the Hasselt University in Belgium examined a total of 641 pregnant women in the country […]

08/17/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Impact of electric buses starting to become obvious – 279,000 barrels of fuel a day won’t be needed this year

Seven years ago, everyone had a good laugh at the electric bus demonstrated by Chinese company BYD. Now the fossil fuel industry isn’t laughing anymore because these vehicles are saving 233,000 barrels of fuel each day, a Bloomberg report states. Electric buses are not just changing the way people travel within urban environments. By reducing […]

04/21/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

City life is KILLING humanity: 95% of humans living today are breathing polluted air, mostly from cities

Even if you don’t have any unhealthy habits, something that you do every day could be killing you: breathing. A new report from the Health Effects Institute shows that more than 95 percent of the people on our planet are breathing in air that is unsafe. Unfortunately, it’s those who live in the poorest communities […]

03/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

German court rules cities may ban diesel engines

German cities are now allowed to ban diesel cars for the air pollution they generate, reported Deutsche Welle, after the country’s highest federal administrative court instructed the cities of Stuttgart and Duesseldorf to start thinking about enacting a year-round ban for older models. The recent ruling could be the final straw that breaks the stubborn back […]

07/21/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

DIESEL engines now cleaner for the environment than gas engines

An international study that was published on Monday, July 17 in the journal Scientific Reports showed that modern diesel cars release fewer carbonaceous particulate matter (PM) into the air than vehicles which use gasoline engines. The study, which was conducted by researchers in Norway and Switzerland with the help from colleagues in France, Italy, and the […]

05/11/2017 / By S.D. Wells

Diesel fumes’ nanoparticles cause heart disease by just BREATHING polluted city air

Similar to how cigarette smokers suffer health consequences from the toxins that are carried into the lungs on particles of tobacco, a recent study has shown that tiny nanoparticles carry black carbon diesel fumes into the lungs of people who are exposed to them. Diesel fumes, commonly pushed into the atmosphere via the exhaust from heavy-duty trucks, […]

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