Comments on: Diesel fumes affect rail workers http://navsite.com/2007/10/10/diesel-fumes-affect-rail-workers/ Transports and Logistics Blog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: T&LPro http://navsite.com/2007/10/10/diesel-fumes-affect-rail-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-23778 T&LPro Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:41:08 +0000 http://navsite.com/2007/10/10/diesel-fumes-affect-rail-workers/#comment-23778 The locomotives' diesel exhaust particles are very small as most are in the invisible sub-micrometre range of 100 nanometers. Inhaled particles cause health problems for people -but- their rough surfaces makes it easy for them to bind with other toxins in the environment, thus increasing the hazards of particle inhalation. In other words, anybody located close to where the diesel-powered trains operate should be careful. Exposures to diesel exhaust (directly or not) have been linked with acute short-term symptoms such as headache, dizziness, light-headedness, nausea, coughing, difficult or labored breathing, tightness of chest as well as irritation of the eyes, nose and throat. The locomotives’ diesel exhaust particles are very small as most are in the invisible sub-micrometre range of 100 nanometers.

Inhaled particles cause health problems for people -but- their rough surfaces makes it easy for them to bind with other toxins in the environment, thus increasing the hazards of particle inhalation.

In other words, anybody located close to where the diesel-powered trains operate should be careful.

Exposures to diesel exhaust (directly or not) have been linked with acute short-term symptoms such as headache, dizziness, light-headedness, nausea, coughing, difficult or labored breathing, tightness of chest as well as irritation of the eyes, nose and throat.

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