German doctors admit to mistakes in study critical of air pollutant limits

[MSEsperanza]

German doctors admit to mistakes in study critical of air pollutant limits
(Deutsche Welle, 15.02.2018, https://www.dw.com/en/german-doctor...y-critical-of-air-pollutant-limits/a-47527138 )

More than 100 lung doctors who sparked a debate about the validity of EU limits on air pollutants have admitted their controversial study criticizing the limits included mistakes.

The former head of the German Society for Pneumology, Dieter Köhler, acknowledged the errors after the tageszeitung newspaper published an article detailing the miscalculations.

The study by Köhler and 111 other lung specialists said there was "no scientific justification for the current limits" on nitrogen oxide and particulates and called for a re-evaluation of prior studies.

The implication in the study was that the pollutants were not as dangerous as set out by EU limits or regular smokers would have been dying in a matter of months.

Köhler admitted that the study miscalculated how much cigarettes contribute to levels of airborne particulates because he "was not aware" of existing EU cigarette regulations.

Köhler nevertheless dismissed that the mistakes undermined the study's central claim. The "magnitude" of the study's calculations were correct, he said.

Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer had welcomed the results of the study.

 

[Wonko]

So were on the journey from;
air pollution is deadly to air pollutions is essential to life (it really is, without it no multicellular life would exist) via air pollution? Meh!!

 

[Snow Leopard]

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[large donner]

Diesel engines are dangerous to the oil industry and government coffers as currently they often deliver twice the mileage per litre compared to petrol.

I really wonder if this is playing a part in the demonisation of diesel cars.