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Jewish World Review Jan. 13, 2006 / 13 Teves, 5766 The health problems caused by gasoline and car exhaust By Drs. Michael A. Glueck & Robert J. Cihak http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | How many wars, uprisings and terrorist attacks would have been prevented? How many lost lives, maimings, crippling injuries and lost limbs would have been averted? How many health problems, acute and chronic illnesses, heart and lung problems, and cancers would have been avoided? Currently, control of the Middle East oil fields gives immense wealth, control and power to these nations. But with such power should have come responsibility. Unfortunately, most of these nations have shown little propensity for responsibility. Had our own oil companies put national welfare over greed, many alternate sources of renewable energy would have been developed and brought to market decades ago. Who knows how many patents are languishing? The fundamental issue is the energy "mix" that we use. The problem with cars is that gasoline is still the easiest way to fuel them. Until hybrids or electric cars really catch on, or whatever, we're stuck. Ethanol from corn seems to take more energy to produce than it's worth currently, but at least it cuts down on oil. Using wind to replace oil heating or to replace natural gas or oil-fired electricity-generating plants makes sense. It's certainly cleaner. In addition, since this is allegedly a medical column, lets take a gaze and glance at the plethora of medical illnesses associated with car exhausts and gasoline. And let's credit one American company (General Electric) that is putting hundreds of millions of dollars into developing renewable energy sources. EXPOSURE FROM GASOLINE AND CAR EXHAUST Gasoline is a complex mixture of petroleum hydrocarbon. Typically, gasoline contains more than 150 chemicals, including small amounts of benzene, toluene, xylene and sometimes lead. Gasoline is used mostly as fuel for motor vehicles, though sometimes it is used as a solvent. One is exposed to gasoline or its vapors in the following ways: From garages, especially if they are attached to a home. One study indicated that levels of benzene concentrations inside garages were 16 times higher in the summer than outdoor levels and three times higher in the winter. By drinking contaminated water. With about 1.4 million underground storage tanks (USTs) (possibly some 20 percent to 35 percent leaking), there is a good chance that water supplies could become contaminated The air in an average home is likely to be no more than 6.7 ppb of benzene. However, if there is a contaminated water supply from a leaking gasoline source, the average exposure could be as high as 42 ppb. By driving in traffic. Benzene exposures while commuting increase the longer one is in the car. One study calculated that while in the car, exposures increased to about 30 ppb during each commute. HEALTH PROBLEMS CAUSED BY GASOLINE Health problems caused by gasoline can either be acute, which occur immediately or within a few days of exposure, or they can be chronic, which are long-term health effects. Exposure to gasoline can result in: irritation to the eyes, nose, and throat (repeated exposure can cause permanent eye damage), often with headache or nausea; coughing, wheezing (repeated high exposure may damage the lungs); skin irritation (dermatitis); drying and cracking of the skin; and when used as a degreaser, gasoline removes the protective fat from skin. Higher Levels of Exposure May Cause: Fatigue, blurred vision, dizziness, weakness, slurred speech, confusion, seizures, convulsions, coma, death, possible liver or kidney damage, and cancer (possible kidney cancer). If the liquid reaches the lung, damage to the lung tissue may occur, causing a 'chemical' pneumonitis. A GOOD NEIGHBOR According to the Stamford Advocate, January 6, 2006, "GE [is] Committed To a New Generation [of] ecomagination." "GE's renewable energy portfolio includes solar, biomass, hydro, wind and geothermal power." General Electric Co.'s Stamford-based GE Energy Financial Services is delving deeper into renewable energy with a $51 million investment in a wind power farm located on an Indian reservation in California. The 50-megawatt Kumeyaay wind project near San Diego will produce enough power for about 30,000 homes and will save about 110,000 tons a year in greenhouse gas emissions. After eight months of construction and a month of testing, the farm's 25 turbines began churning out energy last Friday, feeding power into the San Diego Gas & Electric grid. GE Energy Finance partnered with the project's sponsor Babcock & Brown, a Australian global investment and advisory firm, which has six wind facilities in the United States that soon will go into service. This recent investment reflects the GE unit's growing interest in renewable resource energy generation fits into the company's "ecomagination" strategy ­- a company-wide initiative to expand its portfolio of "cleaner" energy products. The unit invests about $3 billion a year in energy projects and several hundred million dollars of that budget goes to renewable energy. To the energy portfolio these writers would like to add nuclear power. We have discussed our advocacy for nuclear sources in previous columns as well as address the unfounded fear factors of the those who oppose it. In sum, our leaders should spend less time enriching themselves and their buddies by warring for oil ­- and more in developing alternative cleaner and or renewable energy sources. This will not only rectify our nation socially, economically, politically and morally -­ but also immensely improve our health and quality of life. IMAGINE all the wars, deaths, limb losses and illnesses we could have prevented. Editor's Note:: Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., wrote this week's punditry Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., is a multiple award winning writer who comments on medical-legal issues. Robert J. Cihak, M.D., is a Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and a past president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Both JWR contributors are Harvard trained diagnostic radiologists. Comment by clicking here. Archives © 2006,

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