Researchers at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) have developed a “Life Cycle Impact Assessment” to measure the benefits on human health that might result by switching from gasoline to biofuels.
Early results from the study show that a biofuel like ethanol replacing just 10 percent of current gasoline pollutant emissions would have a substantial positive impact on human health, especially in urban areas.
EBI is a collaboration of UC Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of Illinois and BP.
“Just think, if we had done a life cycle impact assessment on the human health effects of gasoline years ago we might not be in the situation we’re facing today,” said one of the lead researchers, Thomas McKone, an expert on health risk assessments who holds a joint appointment with Berkeley Lab’s Environmental Energy Technologies Division and the University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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The Renewable Fuels Association also has some great info on this report plus a lot more.
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