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| Source: Pollution Free Cities blog |
The State of Oregon developed an excellent 10 page fact sheet on the health effects of diesel exhaust, the effects on climate, and surprisingly rapid financial payback from reducing diesel exhaust. Did you know that the $16,000 cost of installing and maintaining a diesel PM filter in a heavy duty truck is paid off in reduced health and welfare costs in less than a year? Share this document with your EPA, State, and local policy makers. Visit the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to view it on their site
For more information on the health effects of diesel exhaust, see the MFN Diesel Exhaust collection