Is Lung cancer from diesel fumes common

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by newbtr1, Jul 10, 2015.

  1. Vilhiem

    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    Hrm... I see your study has an interesting result.

    I have concluded that 100% of organisms that sustain life will die.

    Seems like the obvious solution is to just not live. You can't die then!
     
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  3. Mr.X

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    There are actually several articles claiming that Monsanto Corp had added other toxic chemical by products to Agent orange, maybe not, maybe so.
    ~ All is fair in love and war~ and ~no man left behind~...
    I do know that many of the chemicals that were banned in the USA, like for instance DDT, were still produced in the USA and Exported to other countries, which in return exported soft fruits ( which DDT was not even labeled for) right back to the USA!
    A lot of things that have happened throughout history, and are now common knowledge cause me to give a little more merit to some of the claims made against Monsanto Corp (capitalism), and our Government (pinkertons).

    The population of the area where I loaded the containers housing the lead box which was housing the spent plutonium rod, I wager, would have a far better chance of suffering ill effects from radiation even if I had continued that job for my entire life!
    Eg, I believe everyone has an equal right to continue breathing as long as they respect the rights of others.

    By age 55 a lot of drivers have diabetes, heart disease, hypertension... Its a job holding a steering wheel!
    Since they ****** up HOS to where every parking spot that don’t perfectly align with the 30, the 34 hr restart and 11/14 hr BS and starved out every Ma and Pa, its just to bad the Government couldn’t kick back a little of our tax money and build a few places for us to park, maybe a place where we could make our own decisions on what we buy for dinner? Healthy, or not. Maybe even facilities where we could lift weights, heh, run on a tread mill? Shoot hoops... I know a lot of drivers who used to be in great physical condition before they got mezmorized by the penny per mile delusion!
     
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  4. Vilhiem

    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    Prior to this job I was a vegetarian. Make fun of me if you want but I'll be ####...I've never felt better in my life.

    My previous job became so stressful I ended up packing on 20lbs in the last 3 months I held my position. (You might not think it, but working in a pharmacy isn't all pill-counting and smiles. We just make it look easy.). The ultimate irony being that this job is monumentally less stressful.

    Truck stop food helped double the gain...

    My take on it isn't that meat is the culprit of my gain. When you force yourself into a lifestyle change like being a vegetarian or vegan, think of all the restaurants and fast food you can no longer eat.

    On the tune of Monsanto (by the way, if you've got Netflix, go find and watch Food Inc. It's pretty good!), fast food companies and restaurants add so much stuff to their food in the form of preservatives and to add "taste" that it triggers a chemical change in the brain.

    The short version can be explained with sugar. When you eat sugar, your body releases lots of feel good hormones. In fact, they are the same hormones that are released when one does drugs. In abnormal quantities, sugar is extremely addictive. A double cheeseburger at mcdumbarse has 6 grams of sugar in it. Not bad until you add in the coke and fries that we so often get with it. The medium coke alone is 60 grams. And Despite their menu saying 0 sugar on the fries, it's made from potatoes which is nothing but starch. Starches turn to sugar in the body.

    The American heart association says we should eat between 25-40 grams of sugar A DAY.

    That fast food just gave you all the sugar you should eat in two days... And that's not even adding katsup.

    Oh. The kicker? When you eat sugar constantly like that your body and mind become addicted to it. We often call this a, "crash," after we've eaten something sugary. That's your body's way of asking for more.

    And good luck breaking the cycle... Because now, there's sugar in everything.
     
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  5. Big Don

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    The only thing I'm going to comment on here, is the longevity of drivers. I sincerely believe that their lives are shortened by ONE thing and ONE thing alone. OBESITY!
     
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  6. magoo68

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    Kinda odd that the same people who say diesel fumes will kill you allow big grain to spray round up on crops just before harvest to increase yields ... Bet you if the big donations stopped it would become dangerous .. Studies go the way of whoever pays the most .. As long as you feel healthy eat or live the way you want when your times up its up healthy or not
     
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  7. Vilhiem

    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    Big donations or not, Monsanto specifically has "ex"-employees on the approval committee of the FDA.

    Plus, Diesel engines are in the public eye. The only time that grains ever come into the public eye is when someone gets sick or someone gets curious.
     
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