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Colecciono revistas del motor antiguas y entre ellas tengo una "Practical Motorist and Motorcyclist", fecha Junio 1956, y hay una editorial escrita por un ilustre experto en automovilismo, un tal Mr F.J. Camm.
Critica al diario "Daily Mail" por sugerir que las emisiones del Diesel causan cancer del pulmón. No hay de que preocuparse, según opiniones de F.Perkins, Ltd...
El escritor también defiende el uso del tetraetilo de plomo, condenado por el mismo diario 30 años antes, y ya sabemos lo increíblemente dañino que era eso.
Aquí el escrito (en Inglés, lo siento):
Effects of Diesel Oil
Concern is felt in some quarters as to the effect of exhaust gases
from Diesel vehicles on the health of the population WITH PARTICULAR
REFERENCE TO LUNG CANCER.
According to F.Perkings and Co.,(Diesel engine manufacturers)
the incidence of lung cancer in their own works and the surrounding
population is no higher than the rest of the country, and that Diesel
exhaust gases can be eliminated as a primary cause of the
disease.
These health scares are raised from time to time by
newspapers looking for a stunt. When Ethyl was first introduced the
Daily Mail conducted a strenous campaign against it and suggested that
the use of an anti-knock such as Tetra-Ethyl-Lead, in petrols would
adversely affect the health of people in populous places.
I will remember vigorously defending the use of such anti-knock
additives, pointing out that the Daily Mail, like other newspapers,
pumps into the air in London a considerable amount of dangerous fumes
from its stereotyping plant. After 30 years, can the Daily Mail say
that its campaign was justified?.
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