Daily Grist: Ethanol could be a health risk, and more

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At 02:07 PM 4/18/07, you wrote:

 

 

>Now This Is Corn-fusing

>Study says ethanol fuel could cause more health problems than gasoline

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>Time to trot out Alanis, cuz this is what the kids call " ironic " : a study

>from Stanford University says widespread use of ethanol in vehicles could

>have serious health effects. Atmospheric scientist Mark Jacobson ran

>computer models comparing air quality in 2020 based on use of both

>gasoline and E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline

>currently seeing a big old political and industrial push. He found that

>the ethanol blend would produce more ground-level ozone than gasoline,

>estimating that it could lead to a 4 percent increase in ozone-related

>deaths nationwide by 2020. The study, published in the online edition of

>the journal Environmental Science & Technology, also says hospitalizations

>for respiratory issues could increase and fuel-related cancer rates would

>likely remain the same. " We found that using E85 will cause at least as

>much health damage as gasoline, " says Jacobson. " The question is, if we're

>not getting any health benefits, then why continue to promote ethanol? "

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>straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Janet Wilson, 18 Apr 2007

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>straight to the source: BBC News, 18 Apr 2007

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>straight to the source: Science Daily, 18 Apr 2007

 

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