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Particulate matter from diesel engines is one of the primary concerns for a system that uses lasers and informs occupants of cabin air quality.
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Independent group aims to be for emissions what NCAP or IIHS is for crash safety
A newly formed organization called Allow Independent Road-testing (AIR) wants to make impartial emissions ratings available to vehicle shoppers. Using a simple rating from A (best) to H (worst), they would tell you, at a quick glance, how much you’re endangering the health of your family with...
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VW diesel cheating produced 1,200 premature deaths: MIT study
In September 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed Volkswagen's use of illegal "defeat device" software in its diesel cars. The software routines allowed cars to pass emissions tests while still producing up to 35 times the legal limits of nitrogen oxides in real-world driving...
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Electric cars could save $13 billion in health costs by 2030 in 10 states: study
Exhaust emissions currently lead to substantial health costs, according to the American Lung Association in California.
Stephen Edelstein -
Illegal VW Diesel Emissions: Tallying Public Health Damage
Excess Volkswagen diesel emissions will contribute to premature deaths, researchers say.
Stephen Edelstein -
Leaded Gasoline Taken Off Sale 20 Years Ago This Month
U.S. leaded gasoline sales ceased in January 1996.
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A U.K. study suggests a connection between traffic noise and health issues.
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A Gas Pump Is The 'Germiest Thing' You Touch: Did You Know?
A Kimberly-Clark study says gas-pump handles have the highest average concentration of germs.
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Latest Diesel Engines As Clean As Expected Under EPA Rules, Study Shows
A new study shows expected reductions in adverse health effects from new diesel engine exhaust emissions.
Stephen Edelstein -
Gas Stations: Hazardous To Your Health In Many Ways
Gas stations sell many unhealthy products.
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How To Quit Smoking: Buy An Electric Car?
A Nissan Leaf salesman explains why driving an electric car helped his customers quit smoking.
Stephen Edelstein -
Further Crackdowns On Diesel Emissions Only A Matter Of Time?
European analysts expect stricter diesel-emission standards in the near future.
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Electric school buses can save districts money, and improve children's health.
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Gas Mileage Improvements Offset By Rising Obesity: Infographic
Cars might be getting lighter and ever more efficient in an attempt to reduce emissions and improve gas mileage, but according to Allstate insurance, there’s one factor which affects gas mileage which is heading the wrong way: occupant weight. According to the insurance firm, the rising tide...
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Raw Diesel Fumes Worse Than Second-Hand Smoke, Says W.H.O.
Diesel cars might get great gas mileage when compared to their gasoline counterparts, but now the World Health Organization has warned that diesel fumes are now known to prove lung cancer. In fact, the W.H.O. says, diesel fumes are more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke. So dangerous, it...
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Live Near It Or Sit In It: Traffic May Cause Brain Damage
There's no doubt that car manufacturers have worked incredibly hard over the past few decades to make their cars cleaner than ever. Modern cars produce a fraction of the pollutants of their predecessors - as little as a tenth of those in 1970 - and they're improving all the time. We've seen the...
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New Study Links Diesel Particulates And Heart Disease
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that nanoparticles present in unfiltered diesel exhaust can lead to blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.
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Cleaner Cars Save You Gas, Also Save Lives, Cut Health Costs
Cars that consume less fuel have many benefits, including lower gasoline costs. Now it turns out that they also bring significant public-health benefits, reducing health-care costs and premature deaths from cardiopulmonary causes. The challenge is that the costs and benefits aren't equally spread...
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Auto "influencers" are the people you ask whenever you have a car question. By virtue of editing AllAboutPrius.com and other High Gear Media sites, we're known as sort of a de facto influencer. And so we get some of the most random questions you can imagine. The latest was from the mother of a High Gear executive. She owns a Toyota Prius, and likes it. But she'd "seen something somewhere" about how her Prius causes cancer. So guess where the question landed? Strangely, we'd chatted earlier in the week with another auto editor, from a very well-respected publication, about the persistence of...