Diesel & Health in America:
Diesel Soot Health Impacts
Diesel Soot Health Impacts
Where You Live
United States
Diesel Health Risk
Lowest Impact
Highest Impact
How the analysis was performed
Annual Diesel Fine Particle Health Impacts Projected in 2010:
| Adults | |
| 21,000 | Premature Deaths |
| 27,000 | Non-Fatal Heart Attacks |
| 410,000 | Asthma Attacks |
| 12,000 | Chronic Bronchitis |
| 2,400,000 | Work Loss Days (WLD) |
| 14,000,000 | Minor Restricted Activity Days (MRAD) |
| Children | |
| 15,000 | Asthma ER Visits |
| 29,000 | Acute Bronchitis |
| 330,000 | Lower Respiratory Symptoms |
| 270,000 | Upper Respiratory Symptoms |
Diesel Soot in the US: How Bad?
Number of Annual Deaths
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 2nd Hand Smoke: 38,000 Power Plant Emissions: 24,000 Diesel Soot: 21,000 Drunk Driving: 17,000 Firearm Homicide: 11,000 HIV/AIDS: 9,000 Workplace: 5,000 |
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Lifetime Cancers per Million People in the U.S.:
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243 |
35.7 |
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Inhaled Diesel Soot |
Other Inhaled Toxics |
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How did CATF compare the risk of diesel
particulate to other air toxics?
Diesel Emissions (2005):
| Pollutant | Annual Tons per Year |
Highway (on road) |
Heavy Equipment (non road) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOx | 4,513,102 | 2,872,333 | 1,640,769 |
| PM2.5 | 231,634 | 88,306 | 143,328 |
| PM10 | 250,687 | 102,383 | 148,304 |
| CO | 1,747,701 | 915,523 | 832,178 |
| VOC | 363,555 | 176,806 | 186,749 |
| SO2 | 268,372 | 74,424 | 193,948 |
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