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  Diesel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel, and perfected by Charles F. Kettering.
Diesel is produced from petroleum, and is sometimes called petrodiesel when there is a need to distinguish it from diesel obtained from other sources.
Packard diesel motors were used in aircraft as early as 1927, and Charles Lindbergh flew a Stinson SM1B with a Packard Diesel in 1928.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diesel   (856 words)

  
 AFSCME Health and Safety Fact Sheet - Diesel Exhaust
Diesel engines are used by an increasing number of automobiles, generators, light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, and railroad locomotives.
Diesel exhaust caused lung injury in exposed laboratory animals.
Diesel exhaust in garages, warehouses, or other enclosed areas should be controlled using ventilation.
www.afscme.org /health/faq-dies.htm   (1014 words)

  
 Subject Top Page: The Report on Diesel Exhaust
Diesel exhaust is a complex mixture of gases and fine particles emitted by a diesel-fueled internal combustion engine.
Diesel exhaust includes over 40 substances that are listed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) as hazardous air pollutants and by the ARB as toxic air contaminants.
Emissions of on-road mobile source diesel exhaust PM10 in California are expected to decline by approximately 85 percent from 1990 to 2010 as a result of mobile source regulations already adopted by the ARB.
www.arb.ca.gov /toxics/dieseltac/de-fnds.htm   (2080 words)

  
 Diesel fuel and exhaust emissions (EHC 171, 1996)
Diesel and jet fuels (kerosene) were neither embryotoxic nor teratogenic in two studies in rats exposed by inhalation to 100 or 400 ppm and in one study in which rats were given up to 2000 mg/kg body weight per day by gavage.
Diesel fuel was acutely toxic to Daphnia spp., chironomid larvae, and the mollusc Viviparus bengalensis (Gastropoda).
Diesel fuel may be released into the atmosphere as a result of spills during storage and transport and at filling stations during bulk storage and vehicle tank filling.
www.inchem.org /documents/ehc/ehc/ehc171.htm   (12447 words)

  
 alaw.org · outdoor air quality · facts about diesel exhuast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Diesel exhaust is a major source of air pollution, which contributes to lung and other types of cancer, respiratory tract infections and lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Constant, significant exposure to diesel exhaust, coupled with a child's heightened vulnerability to pollution, is widely recognized as a potential cause of severe health problems in children.
Cancer risk from diesel exhaust, which is estimated to be as high as 1,400 in a million in southern California studies.
www.alaw.org /air_quality/outdoor_air_quality/facts_about_diesel_exhuast.html   (1630 words)

  
 Safety and Health Topics: Diesel Exhaust
Diesel exhaust is a pervasive airborne contaminant in workplaces where diesel-powered equipment is used.
Due to expanding use of diesel equipment, more and more workers are exposed to diesel exhaust.
More than one million workers are exposed to diesel exhaust and face the risk of adverse health effects, ranging from headaches and nausea to cancer and respiratory disease.
www.osha.gov /SLTC/dieselexhaust   (116 words)

  
 Study concludes diesel is deadly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
"Diesel exhaust is one of the single most severe threats to health in the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County region," said Rachel Filippini, executive director of the Group Against Smog and Pollution.
Although numerous studies have linked diesel emissions to increased risks of heart attacks, lung disease and cancers, the study "Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat" is the first to estimate their tolls.
Although diesels are known for belching puffs of fl smoke laden with large soot particles, research indicates that the invisible part of the exhaust is more dangerous.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05054/461606.stm   (646 words)

  
 Diesel Fuel News: Epa's Science Advisors Give Final Ok To Publish Diesel Exhaust Health Assessment - Clean Air ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
EPA points to occupational studies that found that workers exposed to some unknown amount of diesel exhaust decades ago might account for a 10-40% greater risk of lung cancer, compared to the general population.
The authors of those studies discovered that diesel particle overload in rat lungs was the cause of those cancers.
Elemental carbon (EC) is often used as a surrogate for "diesel exhaust" measurement, but gasoline cars also put out substantial amounts of both EC and organic carbon (OC).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0CYH/is_19_4/ai_66883783   (1332 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust: Health Effects
Diesel engines are used in automobiles, generators, light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles as well as railroad locomotives.
Those most likely to be occupationally exposed to diesel exhaust include bridge, tunnel and loading dock workers, auto mechanics, toll booth collectors, truck and forklift drivers and people who work near areas where diesel powered vehicles are used, stored and maintained.
Prolonged exposure to diesel emissions does not produce lung tumors in hamsters, and the results in mice are equivocal, which suggests that species-specific factors play a critical role in the induction of lung tumors by diesel emissions.
umn.edu /eoh/hazards/hazardssite/dieselexhaust/dieselhealtheffects.html   (300 words)

  
 Railroad Diesel Exhaust Lawyers
Diesel exhaust has been identified as a cause of lung cancer among railroad workers.
Exhaust from diesel-powered engines, including locomotives, is the result of incomplete combustion of fuel.
Diesel exhaust emissions are generally analyzed as having two component phases.
gavinlaw.com /article_2.htm   (305 words)

  
 D-Celerator Diesel Exhaust Brake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A new diesel owner, especially one who is unfamiliar with the difference between how a diesel engine works compared to the gasoline engine he is used to, may be unprepared for the braking challenges presented by his new fuel-efficient, cost-saving diesel.
Specifically, the cycle feature does away with the soot build-up from diesel exhaust which causes the butterfly to bind, generally from lack of use.
This means that since the exhaust brake is not in use 95% of the time, the open butterfly and pivot shaft don’t present a barrier to the swirl of diesel exhaust gases exiting the turbo.
www.usgear.com /dcelerator.htm   (1800 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - EPA says exposure to diesel exhaust can cause cancer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It is particularly significant because the EPA is the federal agency that regulates diesel emissions under the Clean Air Act.
The report reiterates that environmental exposure to diesel exhaust poses "a chronic respiratory hazard to humans" in the long term, including increased asthma and other respiratory problems.
In some urban areas, diesel exhaust accounts for as much as a quarter of airborne microscopic soot, the report says.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/2002-09-03-diesel_x.htm   (503 words)

  
 HSE - Publications - Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions
Diesel engine exhaust emissions (commonly known as 'diesel fumes') are a mixture of gases, vapours, liquid aerosols and substances made up of particles.
You may be exposed to diesel fumes if you work where diesel operated heavy vehicles are being used, or where motor vehicles are generating diesel fumes such as when coming into and out of car parks or when passing toll booths.
You may also be exposed to diesel fumes if you are working in tunnels or on construction sites where diesel operated stationary power sources are being used.
www.hse.gov.uk /pubns/indg286.htm   (1144 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust Purifiers - Nett Technologies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Conversion of diesel particulate matter in the catalyst depends on the composition of the particulates and the sulfur content of the fuel.
Exhaust gases are forced into the turbulent flow regime resulting in better contact between gas and catalyst, enhanced mass-transfer conditions, and higher conversion efficiency.
Diesel engines have intrinsically cool exhaust gases and thermal catalyst deterioration is not likely to take place under normal operating conditions.
www.nett.ca /products-a.html   (1109 words)

  
 DieselNet: Diesel Emissions Online
The video was generated by researchers at Hino Motors during the development of their DPR diesel particulate filter.
Diesel engine is the most efficient power plant among all known types of internal combustion engines.
Environmental benefits of diesels, such as low greenhouse gas emissions, are balanced by growing concerns with emission of nitrogen oxides and diesel particulates.
www.dieselnet.com   (1214 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Diesel fumes are especially dangerous to children as their defense system is not as developed as adults.
Diesel exhaust contains toxic gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, benzene and others.
An October 2003 study released by the California Air Resources Board reveals that toxic diesel exhaust from older yellow school buses may be exposing kids to pollution levels five times greater than kids riding on newer ones.
toxic-torts.injuryboard.com /diesel-exhaust   (364 words)

  
 Exhaust systems, performance exhaust, flowmaster exhaust, headers, exhaust headers
Stock downpipes extremely restrict exhaust flow due to the small diameter of pipe used.
The abundance of sharp bends leading from the turbo to the rear end of the truck create back pressure throughout the exhaust system, suffocating your engine and robbing your truck of horsepower and gas mileage.
All exhaust systems are made from the finest materials available.
www.dieselpro.net /exhaust_systems.php   (207 words)

  
 EPA NE: Diesel Exhaust in New England -
Diesel exhaust is not just a nuisance, it threatens public health.
However, diesel engines are a durable and economical source of power.
Diesel engines are a durable and economical source of power...
www.epa.gov /NE/eco/diesel   (205 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust -- Frumkin and Thun 51 (3): 193 -- CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Diesel exhaust contributes significantly to outdoor air pollution.
A retrospective cohort study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust exposure in railroad workers.
Diesel exhaust is a pulmonary carcinogen in rats exposed chronically by inhalation.
caonline.amcancersoc.org /cgi/content/full/51/3/193   (2080 words)

  
 Diesel exhaust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
When diesel fuel burns in an engine, the resulting exhaust is made up of soot and gases that may contain thousands of different chemical substances.
Workers exposed to diesel exhaust face the risk of adverse health effects ranging from headaches to nausea to cancer and respiratory disease.
Provide air-conditioned cabs and booths for workers who are exposed to diesel exhaust, to keep air filtered.
www.envtox.ucdavis.edu /CEHS/TOXINS/diesel.htm   (270 words)

  
 .::Environment & Human Health, Inc.
Diesel exhaust is comprised of very fine particles of carbon and a mixture of toxic gases.
Retrofit Diesel Buses to Lower Emissions: Diesel school buses should be refitted with particle traps and catalytic converters designed to reduce emissions.
Special care should be taken to ensure that exhaust systems are fully intact and secure, and that engine compartments are completely sealed from interior passenger space.
www.ehhi.org /reports/diesel   (717 words)

  
 NIOSH Mining: Diesel Exhaust | CDC/NIOSH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
NIOSH has determined that diesel exhaust is a potential human carcinogen, based on a combination of chemical, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity data.
In addition, acute exposures to diesel exhaust have been linked to health problems such as eye and nose irritation, headaches, nausea, and asthma.
Currently, underground miners can be exposed to over 100 times the typical environmental concentration of diesel exhaust and over 10 times that measured in other workplaces.
www.cdc.gov /niosh/mining/topics/diesel   (634 words)

  
 ats diesel exhaust systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Diesel exhaust definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of...
ATS exhaust systems are all 3" mandrel bent and made of heavy wall 14 gauge...
ATS Diesel carries a full lineup of diesel performance parts for the...
www.getexhaustinfo.com /36/ats-diesel-exhaust-systems.html   (369 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Tougher rules for diesel exhaust TORONTO Large diesel trucks and school buses driving on Ontario roads will face tough new emission limits beginning next April.
Toronto Ontario's emission limits for diesel vehicles will be tightened under new regulations unveiled by the provincial government.
The result should be much cleaner exhaust and less risk to kids from a pollutant that they face daily.
toxic-torts.injuryboard.com /news/diesel-exhaust   (431 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust
Although the long-term health effects of diesel exhaust are uncertain, studies strongly suggest a cancer risk to humans.
Also known as diesel fumes, diesel exhaust is a complex mixture of gases and diesel particulate matter (DPM).
Locate the exhaust pipe so that diesel fumes are directed away from the operator and nearby workers.
www.csao.org /UploadFiles/Magazine/VOL13NO4/diesel.htm   (703 words)

  
 CBS News | Reining In Diesel Exhaust | April 15, 2003 14:06:38
Construction, farm, mining and marine engines are the main sources of off-road diesel pollution, such as sulfur dioxide that causes acid rain, microscopic soot linked to respiratory problems and nitrogen oxides that form smog.
"The breathtaking hazards posed by diesel exhaust stand in stark contrast to the lack of a comprehensive program to control diesel emissions from all their sources," says the report, which said current federal regulations of diesel engines and fuel are "a chaotic patchwork."
Particularly susceptible to the effects of diesel exhaust, it says, are children, the elderly, and people with asthma, cardiopulmonary, lung and chronic heart diseases.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/04/15/politics/main549471.shtml   (492 words)

  
 GM-Diesel.com - exhaust system drawback?
I was considering puting a 4 in exhaust syetem on my truck but I am wondering how that would affect the engine grade braking system.
The grade braking is executed by the downshift and torque convertor lockup functions in the transmission.
I've had a 4" exhaust on mine for 10,000+ miles now, and have not noticed any adverse affects.
www.gm-diesel.com /diesel/vbull/showthread.php?t=1443   (238 words)

  
 New Scientist Breaking News - Cigarettes more polluting than diesel exhaust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Researchers compared the particulate matter in the exhaust fumes from a modern car engine, fuelled with low-sulphur diesel, and in cigarette smoke.
The car used was 2002 Ford Mondeo turbo diesel with a two-litre engine, and had been on the road for six months.
The portable analyser showed that 10 times as many pollutant particulates were released in the cigarette smoke as the diesel fumes.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6312   (502 words)

  
 Diesel Exhaust - UK offers
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www.webtaxi.com /diesel-exhaust.htm   (181 words)

  
 Performance Exhaust System - Diesel,Cat-Back,Header
MagnaFlow Exhaust Diesel System are available for the following vehicles: Chevrolet Truck 2500/3500, Dodge Ram, Ford F250, Ford F350, Ford F550, Ford Excursion, GMC Truck 2500/3500.
Magnaflow Exhaust Diesel XL Systems are available for the following vehicles: Chevrolet Truck 2500/3500, Dodge Ram, Ford F250, Ford F350, Ford F550, Ford Excursion, GMC Truck 2500/3500.
Magnaflow Exhaust Diesel XL Systems are available for the following model-years: 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994.
www.autoanything.com /shopping_guides/performance_exhaust/shopping_guide.aspx?se=performance_exhaust   (1398 words)

  
 .::Environment & Human Health, Inc.
Diesel exhaust is classified as a probable human carcinogen by many governmental authorities, including the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), the U.S. National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and as a known carcinogen by the State of California.
Diesel Exhaust is comprised of recognized toxic substances
Air quality indoors and within vehicles is not regulated by EPA or the State of Connecticut, while Americans spend on ave rage between 80-90% of their time indoors.
www.ehhi.org /diesel   (221 words)

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