# Health Hazard from Automobile Exhaust Gas in City Streets, Garages and Repair Shops, J. A. M. A. 81: 385 (Aug. 4) 1923 **URL:** \ **Category:** Safety\ **Created:** [September 29, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121 "2023-09-29T02:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/1 "2023-09-29T02:12:12Z")
An article from _JAMA_ 1923 recently republished: [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2809432](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2809432) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/2 "2023-09-29T04:17:42Z")
Remember as a kid being advised not to eat berries along a roadway due to lead from gasoline exhaust from cars. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/3 "2023-09-29T14:27:40Z")
25 years earlier they would be studying the effects of horse feces being kicked into the air and dragged into homes. Huge bio hazard. The car was hailed as a solution to that pollution… and it was. But it created its own issues. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/4 "2023-09-29T14:45:18Z")
Watch any old movie’s or TV show’s scenes with cars - trail of smoke coming out of many of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/5 "2023-09-29T15:05:31Z")
I can smell vintage cars in traffic 2 to 5 cars ahead of me. Same for de-catted cars! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/6 "2023-09-29T15:14:12Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > I can smell vintage cars in traffic 2 to 5 cars ahead of me. Same here, followed a '72 Vette for a while, thought I was back in high school! ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/7 "2023-09-29T18:03:55Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > I can smell vintage cars in traffic 2 to 5 cars ahead of me I love the smell of partially burned hydrocarbons in the morning! Actually, anytime is good. 😀 It’s so rare now, it sticks out like a sore thumb. But back in the day when they all did it, it was more annoying. Same with cigarette smoke coming from cars up ahead but I still find that annoying! ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/8 "2023-09-29T19:01:05Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > Same with cigarette smoke coming from cars up ahead but I still find that annoying Agree. I tend to look around when I smell ciggies at a stoplight to see who it is. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/9 "2023-09-29T21:25:41Z")
So it took 50 years, until the 1970’s before the “evil” EPA and Big Government politicians, realized that it was probably a good idea for manufacturers to stop poisoning the general public but now, even 50 years later, we still have people whining about polution controls/MPG minimums, wanting to remove their cat converters and wanting to "Roll CoaL’ Make’s you wonder about some folks ability to learn from the past. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/10 "2023-09-29T22:55:33Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > I tend to look around when I smell ciggies at a stoplight to see who it is. It’s probably me. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/health-hazard-from-automobile-exhaust-gas-in-city-streets-garages-and-repair-shops-j-a-m-a-81-385-aug-4-1923/193121/11 "2023-09-30T14:24:41Z")
With recreational marijuana now legal in my city there’s another ciggy odor that’s become common on the road. > [@texases](#): > > Watch any old movie’s or TV show’s scenes with cars - trail of smoke coming out of many of them. Also, a dark stain down the middle of each lane from road draft tubes.