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Diesel Exhaust and Human Health Presented to the Regional Science Council June 7, 2006
Matthew Lakin, Ph.D. EPA Region 9, Air Division
For internal EPA use only:
Do not distribute, cite, or quote.
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Overview
z Composition of Diesel Exhaust z Health Effects, Cancer Dose-Response z Ambient Monitoring z Diesel Impacts in Region 9 z Control Technologies z Impacts of Rules z Ongoing Research Needs
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Composition of Diesel Exhaust
• Composition varies significantly with different engine types (heavy duty, light duty), operating conditions (idle, accelerate, decelerate), and fuel formulations (high/low sulfur fuel)
Gas-Phase: •Carbon Dioxide, •Water Vapor, •Carbon Monoxide, •Nitrogen compounds, •Sulfur compounds, •Hydrocarbons, and •Air Toxics, including formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitro-PAHs
Particulate Matter: •Central core of Elemental Carbon •Adsorbed organic compounds, •Sulfates, •Nitrates, and •Metals
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Typical Diesel Particle Size Distribution
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Inhalation of Particulate Matter
z In general, larger (“course”) particles (5-30 μm) are deposited in the upperairways (nose, nasal cavity, and throat)
z Smaller (“fine”) particles (1-5 μm) are deposited in the trachea and upperbronchial tubes
z Smallest (“ultrafine”) particles (<1 μm) reach the alveolar region
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Diesel Exhaust – Health Impacts
z Ozone (Formed through release of precursors: NOx and VOCs): Ozone is a respiratory irritant, leading to reducedlung function, asthma aggravation, chronic bronchitis,emphysema.
z Particulate Matter (PM, released directly): Exposure maylead to premature mortality, chronic bronchitis, chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthmaaggravation, pneumonia, and heart attacks.
z Air Toxics: Diesel exhaust as a whole is classified as a “likely human carcinogen” and respiratory irritant. Many ofthe components of diesel exhaust are “likely” or “known”(e.g. benzene) human carcinogens and also haverespiratory, neurological, developmental, andimmunological health endpoints.
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EPA’s Diesel Exhaust Health Assessment (September 2002)
Key Findings:
z Diesel exhaust is “likely to be carcinogenic tohumans by inhalation,” based on z epidemiologic evidence z rodent evidence z other supporting mode of action
information
z “Dose-response information too uncertain toderive a confident estimate of cancer unit risk.”
z Provided a “perspective on populationimpact”
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z 18 of 22 studies showed a positive correlation: observed increase of Lung cancer above background of 2-160%, or an average of ~40% (RR of 1.4)
z Exposure determined retrospectively is “Achilles heel.” Most studies use surrogates: years worked, high/medium/low exposures based on job classification, vehicle miles traveled and fleet emission estimates for activity, etc.
EPA’s Diesel Exhaust Health Assessment Human Data: Occupational
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z Use crude approximations based on occupational data -estimate what risks might be in an exposed population
z Using average of RR 1.4, worker excess risk is about2%
z High and lower-end exposure occupationalconcentrations - typical of epidemiologic settings
z Assume occupational concentrations can be convertedinto equivalent environmental exposures
EPA’s Diesel Exhaust Health Assessment “Perspective” on the Hazard Impact
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“Perspective” on the Hazard Impact
z Adopt average environmental DE exposure of 0.8 ug/m3
z Possible risk range could be 10-3 to10-5
- can’t rule out zero risk - general indicator of possible significance of the hazard . . . • not a definitive characterization of risk • not to be used to estimate exposure specific risk to a population
general population risk environmental exposures
occupational risk occupational exposures =
? 0.8 μg/m3
0.02 range of exposure =
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Ambient Monitoring of Diesel Exhaust
z Biggest uncertainty: There are no known compounds unique to diesel.
z Surrogates for diesel exhaust: z elemental/black carbon, z PAHs, z hopanes and steranes, z ultrafine PM
z All of these can be emitted by gasolineengines as well.
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Diesel Exhaust – Near-Roadway Monitoring
•Source: Zhu et al. 2002 •Location: 710 freeway near Long Beach, Southern California •Fleet mix: 30% diesel •Duration: 2 month average, 10am -4pm
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Distance (m)
30 m 17.1 μg/m3
90 m 7.8 μg/m3
background 4.6 μg/m3
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Control Technologies: Diesel Particulate Filters
Trapped PM Cell Plugs
Exhaust (PM, CO, HC) Enter
Ceramic Honeycomb Wall
Exhaust (CO2, H2O) Out
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Control Technologies
z Typical test filter – current standards
z Test filter – 2007 standards
z Unused test filter
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EPA Rules
Heavy-Duty Highway Diesel (2000) and Clean AirNonroad Diesel (2004) Rules:
z For fuels, require: z For highway engines, ultra-low sulfur diesel in 2006, z For nonroad engines, low sulfur diesel in 2007 and
ultra-low sulfur diesel in 2010 (in 2012 forlocomotives and marine engines)
z For engines, require advanced technologies, such asparticle traps, phased-in for highway engines beginning2007 and nonroad engines beginning 2011 (anticipated full fleet turnover by 2030)
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Impact of Mobile Source Programs on NOx Emissions
Calendar Year
without new standards
with new standards
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Impact of Mobile Source Programs on Diesel PM2.5
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EPA Rules: Air Quality & Health Benefits
Annual (2030) HD2007 NRTier4 Cost $4 billion $2 billion
Net Benefits $70 billion $80 billion
ced NOx 2,600,000 tons 738,000 tons
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PM 110,000 tons 129,000 tons
Premature Mortality 8,300 12,000
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ided Hospital Admissions 7,100 8,900
Lost Work Days 1.5 million 1.0 million
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Ongoing Research Needs
z Cancer dose-response z Monitoring methods z Control technologies z Environmental tracking
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