When is the Government going to launch an ad showing vehicle fumes entering a persons lungs and it's effects?

Question

Or do they regard little children in pushchairs forced to breath in diesel fumes just not worth their bother?

It's much easier to show how 'caring' they are by concentrating on passive smoking instead. I mean, if they were to invest in non-polluting forms of public transport that may mean that they themselves, having to do something about it.

Answer 1

Yes,read this,it also says,cigarette smoke makes no difference compared to traffic fumes.

Traffic fumes from motorways can seriously impair the lung development of children, new research suggests.

A large-scale study in California found that 10-year-olds who lived within 500 metres of a motorway suffered a "substantial" loss of lung function by the age of 18.

The effect became less the further away a child lived from the road.

A similar impact was seen on both boys and girls, and there was little influence from social background, other pollution sources, or exposure to tobacco smoke.

Between the ages of 10 and 18, a period of rapid lung growth occurs. This can be assessed with tests which measure the amount of air a child can blow into a tube.

The scientists carried out annual lung function tests on 3,677 Californian children for eight years.

Those living at least 1,500 metres from a major road were used as a baseline. Compared with them, children living closer to motorways had less "puff" at the age of 18.

The researchers, led by Dr James Gauderman, from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, reported in The Lancet medical journal: "Pronounced deficits in attained lung function at age 18 years were recorded for those living within 500 metres of a freeway."

For one test, their average performance was 3% lower than that of the baseline children. Another test showed an almost 7% reduction, but individual children had deficits of up to 10%.

The scientists said their findings pointed to diesel pollution as being a prime culprit.

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Answer 2

Iwas going to give the same answer as pat m as i read about that some time ago . Every one knows exhaust fumes are poison, and i never heard of a suicide by passive smoking so which one has to be worst

Answer 3

Nice idea, although of course it would never happen. The fact is though that the effects of breathing in exhaust fumes makes the dangers of passive smoking so infinitesimally small in comparison,that they very nearly pale into insignificance.

P.S.- I am a non smoker.

Answer 4

Yes,quite agree with you! It would be just as horrendous................if not worse,as smoke from cigarettes! There are many more drivers than smokers!!!!
A short list of the likely pathogens in car exhaust:
Carbon Monoxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Sulphur dioxide
Suspended particles including PM-10, particles less than 10 microns in size.
*Benzene*
Formaldehyde
Polycyclic hydrocarbons
Chemicals known to be harmful, such as ***benzene***,
Benzene and other less known hydrocarbons are produced in petroleum refining, and are widely used as solvents and as materials in the production of various industrial products and pesticides. Benzene also is found in gasoline and in cigarette smoke. It has been shown that exposure to benzene is related to the development of leukemia and lymphoma. Benzene has a suppressive effect on bone marrow and it impairs blood cell maturation and amplification. Benzene exposure may result in a diminished number of blood cells (cytopenia) or total bone marrow loss. A number of metabolites appear to be involved in this process, and there may be several targets of toxicity, including stem, progenitor, and some stromal cells.
Breathing in diesel fumes can affect your health, and exposure to the fumes can cause irritation of your eyes or respiratory tract. These effects are generally short term and should disappear when you are away from the source of exposure.
However, prolonged exposure to diesel fumes, in particular to any blue or black smoke, could lead to coughing, chestiness and breathlessness.
***In the long term, there is some evidence that repeated exposure to diesel fumes over a period of about 20 years may increase the risk of lung cancer.****
Smoking????.........................???? Cars...............??????Which is more dangerous to others????????????????????

Answer 5

I don't know, but why does it smell so good to some people? Like the smell of fumes and gasoline is yum to me.

Answer 6

When the nation has stopped smoking, and they need to hike the tax up further on fuel.

Answer 7

I always think about that when people seem to worry only about cigarette smoke.

Answer 8

Do you really think an ad such as you describe would help or change anything?

Answer 9

the government are only interested in revenue.

Answer 10

yes I do so agree with you.