A panel of experts working for the World Health Organization says that exhaust fumes from diesel engines can actually cause cancer, BBC reported. It concluded that the exhausts were definitely a cause of lung cancer and may also cause tumors of the bladder.

The study based its findings on research among high-risk workers such as miners, railway workers and truck drivers. However, the panel said everyone should try to limit their exposure to diesel fumes.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer has now labeled exhausts as a definite cause of cancer.

Diesel exhausts are now in the same group as carcinogens ranging from wood chippings to plutonium, and from sunlight to alcohol.

It is thought people working in high-risk industries have about a 40% increased risk of developing lung cancer.

(China.org.cn June 14, 2012)

據英國廣播公司報道，世界衛生組織專家稱，柴油發動機排放的廢氣確實會引發癌癥，并得出結論：廢氣無疑是肺癌誘因之一，還可能引發膀胱腫瘤。

通過對高危工作者如礦工、鐵路工作人員和卡車司機進行調查，科學家得出上述結論。但他們強調，每個人都應盡力避免置身柴油廢氣環境。

國際癌癥研究所已將廢氣明確列為癌癥誘因之一。

和木屑、放射元素钚、陽光、酒類一樣，柴油廢氣也是致癌物。

據預測，高危行業工作者患肺癌的幾率比正常人要高出40%。