Regulators and other decision makers in our society must accept this as an inevitable consequence of the scientific process and not allow the acknowledgment of uncertainty to be used as an excuse for delay in developing policies to protect workers and the public from exposure to diesel exhaust and other hazards. Making decisions when the risks are uncertain will inevitably lead to errors. It is to be hoped that risk managers will continue to use conservative assumptions, with the result that any errors will be in favor of protecting workers and the general public from environmental hazards. Environ Health Perspect . National Academy of Science.
Diesel exhaust is a pulmonary carcinogen in rats exposed chronically by inhalation.
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