Children on school buses collectively inhale as much or more exhaust emitted from those buses as does the rest of the city's population, according to a new analysis by researchers at the ...

Background and epidemiology: Most North American school buses and transport trucks are powered by dieselfuelled engines. Diesel has become the fuel of choice because it is considered more economical.

Children riding on school buses are breathing in more pollution than people standing out on the streets, U.S. researchers concluded in a new study. They found that exhaust from the buses was leaking ...

It is another hot summer, commuters are queuing up under the blazing sun and the bus trundles along - emitting exhaust fumes at 47.1 degrees Celsius from its tailpipe. This was the maximum exhaust ...

The wheels on the bus will continue to go round and round, but the exhaust pipe will no longer belch, belch, belch. A statewide program is under way to retrofit diesel-powered school buses with ...

The length of the school bus trip, back and forth, exposes students to fatigue, especially those in the first grades, in addition to wasting time that could be used for useful things, as students ...

Exhaust from school buses can be harmful to students' health. Old diesel buses generate fumes that can trigger asthma attacks and other harmful health conditions. In Texas, environmentalists want the ...

Q What are the health risks of inhaling diesel exhaust fumes? I rode along in a school bus for a field trip and was alarmed that I could smell exhaust fumes in the bus. A You should be alarmed. Diesel ...

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