Tag Archives: lung cancer

Diesel exhaust causes cancer, WHO decides

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Agencies in London
 
Classification changes from ‘probable’ to group with ‘definite’ links to cancer, including asbestos
Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that diesel engine exhaust causes cancer in humans and decided to raise its risk rating based on scientific evidence of links to lung and bladder cancer.

The cancer department of the WHO, the International Age …

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New pollution figures on way … in five years

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Shi Jiangtao

Government reluctance to immediately change monitoring methods reinforces criticism it cannot face up to the grim truth of the urban environment.

The mainland’s top environmental watchdog has finally unveiled a timetable for long-awaited reform of outdated air pollution standards amid mounting public pressure.

But instead of directly answering calls for immediate public acces …

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