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<blockquote data-quote="Prot" data-source="post: 715753" data-attributes="member: 43265"><p>correct, but the DPF is installed for a reason. People with diesel cars in Malaysia are actually affecting the health of others. What BMW Malaysia has done is actually unethical.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Check out the excerpt from Wiki below:</p><p></p><p><strong>Diesel particulate matter</strong> (DPM), sometimes also called <strong>diesel exhaust particles</strong> (DEP), is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particulate" target="_blank">particulate</a> component of diesel exhaust, which includes diesel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soot" target="_blank">soot</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosols" target="_blank">aerosols</a> such as ash particulates, metallic abrasion particles, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfates" target="_blank">sulfates</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicates" target="_blank">silicates</a>. When released into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere" target="_blank">atmosphere</a>, DPM can take the form of individual particles or chain aggregates, with most in the invisible sub-micrometre range of 100 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanometer" target="_blank">nanometers</a>, also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafine_particles" target="_blank">ultrafine particles</a> (UFP) or PM0.1.</p><p>The main particulate fraction of diesel exhaust consists of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_particles" target="_blank">fine particles</a>. Because of their small size, inhaled particles may easily penetrate deep into the lungs. The rough surfaces of these particles makes it easy for them to bind with other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin" target="_blank">toxins</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_environment" target="_blank">environment</a>, thus increasing the hazards of particle inhalation.</p><p></p><p> Health effects[SIZE=small]<span style="color: rgb(85,85,85)">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diesel_exhaust&action=edit&section=4" target="_blank">edit</a>][/SIZE]</p><p>Exposures have been linked with acute short-term symptoms such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache" target="_blank">headache</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizziness" target="_blank">dizziness</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-headedness" target="_blank">light-headedness</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea" target="_blank">nausea</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coughing" target="_blank">coughing</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspnoea" target="_blank">difficult or labored breathing</a>, tightness of chest, and irritation of the eyes and nose and throat[<em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]. Long-term exposures can lead to chronic, more serious health problems such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" target="_blank">cardiovascular disease</a>, cardiopulmonary disease, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer" target="_blank">lung cancer</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-Lancet71013-11" target="_blank">[11]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-BBC061212-7" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-MPT061212-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> The NERC-HPA funded '<a href="http://www.erg.kcl.ac.uk/ResearchProjects/Traffic/" target="_blank">Traffic Pollution and Health in London</a>' project at <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/" target="_blank">King's College London</a> is currently seeking to refine our understanding of the health effects of traffic pollution. Ambient traffic-related air pollution was associated with decreased cognitive function in older men.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-PWACSS-10" target="_blank">[10]</a></p><p>Mortality from diesel soot exposure in 2001 was at least 14,400 out of the German population of 82 million, according to the official report 2352 of the <em>Umweltbundesamt Berlin</em>(Federal Environmental Agency of Germany).</p><p>The study of nanoparticles and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotoxicology" target="_blank">nanotoxicology</a> is still in its infancy, but the full health effects from nanoparticles produced by all types of diesel is still being uncovered. It is already clear enough, however, that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_particles#Health_effects" target="_blank">health detriments of fine particle emissions</a> are severe and pervasive. Although one study found no significant evidence that short term exposure to diesel exhaust results in adverse extra-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_lung" target="_blank">pulmonary</a> effects, effects that are often correlated with an increase in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular" target="_blank">cardiovascular</a> disease,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> a 2011 study in <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancet" target="_blank">The Lancet</a></em> concluded that traffic exposure is the single most serious preventable trigger of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_attack" target="_blank">heart attack</a> in the general public, the cause of 7.4% of all attacks.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-NPKMMN-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> It is impossible to tell how much of this effect is due to the stress of being in traffic and how much is due to exposure to exhaust.[<em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]</p><p>Since the study of the detrimental health effects of nanoparticles (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotoxicology" target="_blank">nanotoxicology</a>) is still in its infancy, and the nature and extent of negative health impacts from diesel exhaust continues to be discovered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prot, post: 715753, member: 43265"] correct, but the DPF is installed for a reason. People with diesel cars in Malaysia are actually affecting the health of others. What BMW Malaysia has done is actually unethical. Check out the excerpt from Wiki below: [B]Diesel particulate matter[/B] (DPM), sometimes also called [B]diesel exhaust particles[/B] (DEP), is the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particulate"]particulate[/URL] component of diesel exhaust, which includes diesel [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soot"]soot[/URL] and[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosols"]aerosols[/URL] such as ash particulates, metallic abrasion particles, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfates"]sulfates[/URL], and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicates"]silicates[/URL]. When released into the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere"]atmosphere[/URL], DPM can take the form of individual particles or chain aggregates, with most in the invisible sub-micrometre range of 100 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanometer"]nanometers[/URL], also known as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafine_particles"]ultrafine particles[/URL] (UFP) or PM0.1. The main particulate fraction of diesel exhaust consists of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_particles"]fine particles[/URL]. Because of their small size, inhaled particles may easily penetrate deep into the lungs. The rough surfaces of these particles makes it easy for them to bind with other [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin"]toxins[/URL] in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_environment"]environment[/URL], thus increasing the hazards of particle inhalation. Health effects[SIZE=small][COLOR=rgb(85,85,85)][[/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diesel_exhaust&action=edit§ion=4"]edit[/URL]][/SIZE] Exposures have been linked with acute short-term symptoms such as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache"]headache[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizziness"]dizziness[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-headedness"]light-headedness[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea"]nausea[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coughing"]coughing[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspnoea"]difficult or labored breathing[/URL], tightness of chest, and irritation of the eyes and nose and throat[[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I]]. Long-term exposures can lead to chronic, more serious health problems such as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease"]cardiovascular disease[/URL], cardiopulmonary disease, and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer"]lung cancer[/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-Lancet71013-11"][11][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-BBC061212-7"][7][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-MPT061212-8"][8][/URL] The NERC-HPA funded '[URL="http://www.erg.kcl.ac.uk/ResearchProjects/Traffic/"]Traffic Pollution and Health in London[/URL]' project at [URL="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/"]King's College London[/URL] is currently seeking to refine our understanding of the health effects of traffic pollution. Ambient traffic-related air pollution was associated with decreased cognitive function in older men.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-PWACSS-10"][10][/URL] Mortality from diesel soot exposure in 2001 was at least 14,400 out of the German population of 82 million, according to the official report 2352 of the [I]Umweltbundesamt Berlin[/I](Federal Environmental Agency of Germany). The study of nanoparticles and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotoxicology"]nanotoxicology[/URL] is still in its infancy, but the full health effects from nanoparticles produced by all types of diesel is still being uncovered. It is already clear enough, however, that the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_particles#Health_effects"]health detriments of fine particle emissions[/URL] are severe and pervasive. Although one study found no significant evidence that short term exposure to diesel exhaust results in adverse extra-[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_lung"]pulmonary[/URL] effects, effects that are often correlated with an increase in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular"]cardiovascular[/URL] disease,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-12"][12][/URL] a 2011 study in [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancet"]The Lancet[/URL][/I] concluded that traffic exposure is the single most serious preventable trigger of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_attack"]heart attack[/URL] in the general public, the cause of 7.4% of all attacks.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_matter#cite_note-NPKMMN-9"][9][/URL] It is impossible to tell how much of this effect is due to the stress of being in traffic and how much is due to exposure to exhaust.[[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I]] Since the study of the detrimental health effects of nanoparticles ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotoxicology"]nanotoxicology[/URL]) is still in its infancy, and the nature and extent of negative health impacts from diesel exhaust continues to be discovered. 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