Question

why is diesel exhaust so toxic to humans and the enviornment?

Answer 1

may be the contents they contain bears some harmful or say v.reactive elements which react wid environment and makes some thing toxic which result our environment polluted

Answer 2

Becoz They contain harmful substances which r totally dangerous to our body.

Answer 3

http://www.nett.ca/faq/diesel-1.html

Answer 4

thanks Romania has alot of Diesel trucks and cars and I accidently stood in the exhaust of a car and I became very sick untill I returned to the US and consultated my doctor that told me they have very bad air quality which makes sense because I got allot better when I entered an oxygen fille airplane for the long trip home.

Answer 5

I may have just had a cold too not sure just seemed funny that I got better in the plane. "shurgs"

Answer 6

U should develop resistance to them. Because in India, these things r common. Being an asthma patient, I have developed resistance to those noxious fumes.

Answer 7

This is a list of chemical components that have been found in diesel exhaust.
Contaminant, acetaldehyde, acrolein, aniline,antimony compounds, arsenic, benzene, beryllium compounds, biphenyl, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate,butadiene, cadmium, chlorine, chlorobenzene

chromium compounds

cobalt compounds

cresol isomers

cyanide compounds

dibutyl phthalate

1,8-dinitropyrene
dioxins and dibenzofurans

ethyl benzene

formaldehyde

inorganic lead

manganese compounds

mercury compounds

methanol

methyl ethyl ketone

naphthalene

nickel

3-Nitrobenzanthrone

4-nitrobiphenyl

phenol

phosphorus

polycyclic organic matter, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

propionaldehyde

selenium compounds

styrene

toluene
xylene isomers and mixtures: o-xylenes, m-xylenes, p-xylenes

Answer 8

OMG....

Answer 9

IKR

Answer 10

IKR ? means

Answer 11

i know right

Answer 12

:P u know i must say ur ans is so short ....