Diesel pollution particles impair lysosomal functions of iPSC-derived microglia

I will never forgive VW for cheating on diesel emissions. That corruption went so far throughout the org the entire company should've been criminally indicted and shut down.

The finding is that older diesel engines and renewables produce measurable adverse effects in microglial stem cells, but new diesel formulations in new engines do not. The implication is that policy-makers should accelerate the transition to newer diesel and abandon reusable diesel. Since Europe has been gung-ho for diesel for decades, this finding could have significant regulatory and market effects.

Seems intuitive, I have always had a strong negative reaction to inhaling diesel exhaust / particulate matter. Nasty stuff

It blows my mind that we need any research at all to convince us that shoving tons of burning oil down our throats is a bad thing

Maybe, next time we need to drive 5 miles for groceries, we should just fucking walk, and say hi to one another, too