The exhaust from burning fossil fuels (oil anyway) has been studied several times and shown to cause cancer and other serious diseases. In many states in the U.S. gasoline pumps carry warning labels that the product dispensed through those pumps is known to cause cancer or other serious diseases.
Isn't it strange there's a large hue and cry over the dangers from smoking, over studies that show smoking tobacco can cause cancer, yet there isn't any such talk over the dangers from automobile exhaust? And, why is it called "pollution" rather than what it is, poisin?
Child cancer 'exhaust fume risk' (10 August 2005, BBC.CO.UK)
Children who live close to major transport hubs are more at risk of dying of cancer, a study says.
University of Birmingham researchers found those living within 500 metres of a bus station were six times more likely to die of cancer.
... Researchers analysed details about the deaths of 22,500 children between 1955 and 1980 from cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma, and brain and spinal cancers, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reported.
They found carbon monoxide and 1,3-butadience, both of which are produced by vehicle exhausts and particularly diesel engines, were the major cause of the increased risk.
But other chemicals, including nitrogen oxides and dioxins, were also cited in the report.
They calculated there could be a 12-fold increase in risk for children living near bus stations and emission hotspots.
Research by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Children’s School Bus Exposure Study: showed similar results as reported in the BBC news article above.
Huntington Park Asthma Study: Another study of school children showing a similar result.
FACES (Fresno Asthmatic Children's Environment Study): Studying the effect of particulates, produced from fossil fuel exhaust and other sources, on asthma in children.
ARB CNG and Diesel Transit Bus Emissions Research: Comparisons between compressed natural gas and low-sulfur diesel in transit busses.
Asthma and Air Pollution: Informational site by the CARB talking about the effects of air pollution on asthma.
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