The same research group studied 259 salt miners in five mines with different diesel exposures

Concentrations were higher in homes with tobacco smoking. Phenanthrene, for example, was 87 ng/m3 for homes with smoking and gas stove/heat versus 31 ng/m3 for nonsmoking homes with gas stove/heat. PAH concentrations are also likely to be higher where there is a high density of trucks, such as downtown Los Angeles, California, where DE was…