BIO-DIESEL
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- Project with Pakistan
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Health Effects Testing Program and its Results

In May 2000, Bio-diesel became the only alternative fuel in the country to have successfully completed the EPA’s Tier I and Tier II Health Effects testing under Section 211(b) of the Clean Air Act. The soybean industry invested more than USD 2 million and 4 years into the health effects testing program with the goal of setting Bio-diesel apart from other alternative fuels and increasing consumer confidence in Bio-diesel. The first tier of health effects testing was conducted by Southwest Research Institute and involved a detailed analysis of Bio-diesel emissions. Tier II was conduted by Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, where a 90-day sub-chronic inhalation study of Bio-diesel exhaust with specific health assessments was completed. The Tier I testing conclusively demonstrated Bio-diesel’s significant reductions in most currently regulated emissions as well as most unregulated emissions—especially those associated with cancer and lung disease. Tier II testing demonstrated Bio-diesel’s non-toxic effects on health. The results of the health effects testing are given below:-
The overall ozone (smog) forming potential of exhaust emissions from Bio-diesel is 50% less.
The exhaust emissions of Sulphur Dioxide and sulphates (major components of acid rain) are totally eliminated.
The exhaust emissions of Carbon Monoxide (a poisonous gas which contributes in the localized formation of smog and ozone) from Bio-diesel are 50% lower.
The exhaust emissions of particulate matter (contributes to respiratory diseases) from Bio-diesel are 30% lower.
The exhaust emissions of hydrocarbons (a contributing factor in the localized formation of smog and ozone) are 95% lower.
The exhaust emissions for aromatic compounds known as PAH and NPAH compounds (suspected of causing cancer) are substantially reduced. Most PAH compounds were reduced by 75% to 85%. All NPAH compounds were reduced by at least 90%.
 
 
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