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There's one small issue with diesel engines. Diesel exhaust fumes cause cancer: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/14/diesel-fumes-definitely-caus

• Agustus 11y ago
  The article mentions that particulate is in a classification that is known to cause cancer, however, the article admits that "IARC isn’t in the business of telling us how potent something is in causing cancer – only whether it does so or not." The amount needs to be identified, because it could be similar to the radiation levels in bananas... There is some, but it may not be enough to be deadly.
  • smanuel 11y ago
    I mentioned this mostly as a reply to: [3]The caveat is that petrol gas emits particulates at a smaller micron level, unnoticeable to the naked eye, and may actually be of greater concern to the general public. The diesel exhaust fumes are proven to be worse than the petrol engines in at least one respect - health. Maybe if every truck on the road and a lot of the cars ran on bananas and not on diesel, then I would be concerned about the radiation levels in bananas. Moreover in the place where I live people are allowed to remove their car DPFs which makes things even worse.
• dalke 11y ago
  Take a look at the list of Category 1 carcinogens, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IARC_Group_1_carcinogens#Mixtures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IARC_Group_1_carcinoge... . Also on that list are 'Alcoholic beverages', 'Salted fish (Chinese-style)', and 'Wood dust'.