Public health and components of particulate matter: The changing assessment of black carbon

Grahame, Thomas J.; Klemm, Rebecca; Schlesinger, Richard B.

doi:10.1080/10962247.2014.912692

Public health and components of particulate matter: The changing assessment of black carbon

In 2012, the WHO classified diesel emissions as carcinogenic, and its European branch suggested creating a public health standard for airborne black carbon (BC). In 2011, EU researchers found that life expectancy could be extended four to nine times by reducing a unit of BC, vs reducing a unit of…