Friends of the earth netherlands: sjoemeldiesels shorten life, 2.5 months

Posted on 20-10-2015 at 7:59 by CasperH – 58 Comments”

They did research on the effect of nitrogen dioxide on human health, resulting from research by TNO, confirming that almost no car in the promised emissions standards.

According to Milieudefensie is it so that almost everywhere in Europe set standards for air quality would be met as diesels do not, in practice, much more nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emissions. Milieudefensie is based on figures from the national Institute for public Health and the Environment. That reports the Volkskrant this morning.

A recent research by TNO shows that almost all diesel cars (not just Volkswagens) are much more NOx emissions in practice than on paper promised. Almost no by TNO researched car knew under the standard to perform. As a result, the amount of nitrogen dioxide in the air is much greater than desired, particularly along busy roads. And manufacturers the standards, however, would know to pick up, we would probably still only one of the measurement sites exceed the maximum limit. Now is that on 130 places the case.

Friends of the earth netherlands claims that there are negative health effects for people living close to busy roads live. According to the foundation, lives a man in such a location 2.5 months shorter due to negative health effects. The foundation lift, incidentally, is equally useful on the “sjoemelsoftware”-term, but the barrel so in fact all the diesels that their uitstootbelofte not get together in the term “sjoemeldiesels”.

In an interview, there is also, in the form of the TU Eindhoven. That indicates that in many places the good side with the uitstootcijfers. He explains the problem more in files: if cars long at one place to stand, bumping them there are also relatively many. The banning of older diesels seems to be the TU Eindhoven, is much more effective, and in particular to those of the EURO4 standard and other than before. Unfortunately for him, the chances are rather small, all we see of course all that old diesel out of some of the city centres be banned.