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Black carbon from diesel, train, and ship exhaust is incredibly toxic. I think it's going to be the equivalent of lead, in the future.
by jaggederest 8y ago
Black carbon from diesel, train, and ship exhaust is incredibly toxic. I think it's going to be the equivalent of lead, in the future.
- ams6110 8y agoNot even close. Lead does irreversible brain and organ damage to developing children. Carbon, at worst, may increase your chances for respiratory disease or lung cancer.
- jaggederest 8y agoNanoscale carbon, as present in exhaust, can migrate far beyond the pulmonary system into the heart, liver, brain, and even into developing fetuses and the placenta. There's significant evidence that it causes beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain, as well as macrophage migration and astrocyte inflammation. There's a lot of evidence that it's not just the current generation, it's the future generations after the soot exposure ends that are harmed if there is in-utero exposure.
- hollerith 8y agoNo at worst it increases whole-body inflammation.
- exxr 8y agoThis lecture is quite a good one for the health effects of diesel nanoparticles https://youtu.be/aXEal4YJsOU https://youtu.be/aXEal4YJsOU