The history, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of carbon-based fuels and their emissions. Part 3: Diesel and gasoline

Within this review the genotoxicity of diesel and gasoline fuels and emissions is placed in an historical context. New technologies have changed the composition of transportation methods considerably, reducing emissions of many of the components of health concern. The similarity of modern diesel and...

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Published in:Mutation research. Reviews in mutation research 2015-01, Vol.763, p.30-85
Main Author: Claxton, Larry D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Pollutants - toxicity
Animals
Automobiles
Cancer
Carcinogenicity Tests
Emissions
Environmental Monitoring
Gasoline - analysis
Gasoline - toxicity
Health
Humans
Particulate Matter - toxicity
Transformation
Transportation
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - chemically induced
Vehicle Emissions - analysis
Vehicle Emissions - toxicity
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Summary:Within this review the genotoxicity of diesel and gasoline fuels and emissions is placed in an historical context. New technologies have changed the composition of transportation methods considerably, reducing emissions of many of the components of health concern. The similarity of modern diesel and gasoline fuels and emissions to other carbonaceous fuels and emissions is striking. Recently an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group concluded that there was sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust (Group 1). In addition, the Working Group found that diesel exhaust has “a positive association (limited evidence) with an increased risk of bladder cancer.” Like most other carbonaceous fuel emissions, diesel and gasoline exhausts contain toxic levels of respirable particles (PM
ISSN:1383-5742
1388-2139
DOI:10.1016/j.mrrev.2014.09.002