Canada Study Quantifies Diesel Exhaust Deaths

Pollutants in diesel exhaust pose a significant health risk to Canadians, and caused an estimated 710 deaths in 2015, when it also cost the country billions of dollars, Health Canada said March 5.

Diesel emissions contribute significantly to air concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone, particularly in major urban centers like Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal, the federal health department said in a summary of its health risk assessment of diesel exhaust published in the March 5 issue of the Canada Gazette, Part I.

“On-road and off-road diesel emissions result in significant and substantial ...