Study: Diesel fuels can cause cancer in miners

After a 17-year legal battle with the mining industry, a study was released yesterday showing that the diesel fuels that miners often come into contact with can increase their risk of lung cancer by three fold. The Mining Awareness Resource Group have battled with scientific organizations attempting to study the effects of diesel fuels on the lungs since the early nineties.  The recent study released is more comprehensive than those that came before it, showing more proof in it's conclusion.  This is a private dispute between the MARG and scientists researching the effects of diesel fuels.  MARG is attempting to protect the mining business from recieving more government regulation, while scientists are trying to reveal the damaging effects and make it clear to miners that they are at risk of developing lung cancer.

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