Overdrive Magazine February 5, 2015
Lifetime exposure to modern diesel exhaust does not induce tumors or precancerous changes, according to the first comprehensive study of the matter. The study exposed laboratory rats to EPA-compliant 2007 heavy-duty engines for 80-hour weeks for as long as 30 months. UTMB’s Lance Hallberg and colleagues concluded lifetime exposure did not induce tumors or pre-cancerous changes in the lungs and did not increase tumors related to diesel exhaust in any other tissue. The news also appeared in Trucking Info.