Toxic Diesel Fumes

Diesel Exhaust

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has listed diesel exhaust as a likely cause of cancer in humans. Repeated or long-lasting exposure to diesel fumes also causes and worsens a variety of lung diseases.

Many people are exposed to diesel fumes on a nearly daily basis. Miners, railroad employees, construction workers, truckers, and even school children exposed to bus fumes are given no real choice but to inhale diesel exhaust day-after-day. Anyone else working near roads, on railroads, in mines, or anywhere where diesel is used to fuel vehicles or equipment are likewise exposed to harmful diesel fumes daily.

​Workers who develop unexplained cancers or lung conditions, and who have been exposed to diesel fumes, should contact Tom Burcham.