Re: Study: Commuters Can't Escape Dangerous Diesel

My Brother in law is comptroller for a major firm that brokers fuel to
airlines, crise ships and home heating oil companies. I reckon he would
know what goes in the planes.


Re: Study: Commuters Can't Escape Dangerous Diesel

Group: sci.med.diseases.cancer Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2007, 1:19am (EST+6)
From: down@xxxxxxxxxxxx (madiba)
Steph <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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J W <jonboy42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wonder if anyone has ever studied the levels of diesel toxins and cancer
rates among workers at major airports and in shipyards. Comercial
airliners and cruise ships use large quantities of the very cheapest
lowest grades of diesle fuel there is and use no filters that I know of.
Jets spew out fumes in huge amounts. Wonder what efect that has on
groundworkers that service the planes and frequent flyers as I have
noted smelling exhaust inside several aircraft while we were taxiing.
Wonder if cancer rates are high among airline ground rews and cruise
ship crews and dock workers?
Or amongst people living near airports. OTOH jets don't use diesel..
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madiba
Kerosene.
Kerosene is lighter than diesel. Just looking at the problems my diesel
4x4 has starting in winter I reckon it would have the viscosity of glue
at 30000ft with -50°C !
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madiba




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