Response to Jones Days Report: Taking the Clean Air Task Force to Task for Junk Science: Diesel Exhaust and Health Effects

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) defends its analysis of diesel health impacts against accusations of "junk science" by Jones Day. CATF asserts that its methodology is based on EPA-approved standards and widely accepted epidemiological research, estimating that a national diesel retrofit program could avoid approximately 91,000 deaths between 2005 and 2030.

• CATF asserts that its health impact estimates for diesel in the United States are based on standardized methodologies approved by several major scientific and regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Science, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
• CATF estimates that a national diesel retrofit program would result in approximately 91,000 avoidable deaths between 2005 and 2030, which averages to a modest 3,000 to 4,000 avoided deaths per year.
• CATF argues that the link between PM2.5 and premature death is supported by hundreds of studies accepted by the medical research community, including the Harvard Six Cities study and the American Cancer Society Study, both of which were validated by the Health Effects Institute.
• CATF disputes the data used by Jones Day, stating that the tables in the Jones Day report were a "guess" and that Jones Day failed to consult CATF's published methodology or data tables.

APA

Clean Air Task Force (2006). Response to Jones Days Report: Taking the Clean Air Task Force to Task for Junk Science: Diesel Exhaust and Health Effects. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093759/CATF_FactSheet_Diesel_Report_Facts_Jones_Day_Rebuttal.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Response to Jones Days Report: Taking the Clean Air Task Force to Task for Junk Science: Diesel Exhaust and Health Effects. 2006. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093759/CATF_FactSheet_Diesel_Report_Facts_Jones_Day_Rebuttal.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Clean Air Task Force |title=Response to Jones Days Report: Taking the Clean Air Task Force to Task for Junk Science: Diesel Exhaust and Health Effects |date=March 2006 |url=https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093759/CATF_FactSheet_Diesel_Report_Facts_Jones_Day_Rebuttal.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{cleanairtaskforce2006response, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Response to Jones Days Report: Taking the Clean Air Task Force to Task for Junk Science: Diesel Exhaust and Health Effects}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2006}, month = mar, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093759/CATF_FactSheet_Diesel_Report_Facts_Jones_Day_Rebuttal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }