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Breathing in diesel exhaust leads to changes in DNA January 8, 2015 Vancouver, BC – Just two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can lead to fundamental health-related changes in biology by switching some genes on, while switching others off, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. The study, published this month in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, involved putting volunteers in a polycarbonate-enclosed booth – about the size of a standard bathroom – while breathing in diluted and aged exhaust fumes that are abo...