Question concerning exposure to diesal, help please?

Question

Earlier today, I drove someone to a diesal fueling station, and had to idle in the parking lot for approximately two minutes. There were literally multitudes of trucks idling in the area, such that they were too innumerable for me to count. While idling, I had my air conditioning on circulate, and my windows closed. I couldn't, but very, very vaguely discern any smell at all, and I breathed through my mouth just in case, to prevent any possible fumes from channeling up through my olfactory pathways and into my brain. Is there anyway any brain damage or brain cell death could have resulted from the above experience?

Answer 1

If you think that somehow breathing through your mouth is any different than breathing through your nose I'd say you already have brain damage.

Answer 2

I have been driving truck for over 20 years and a machanic for about 20 years before that. To only way I've heard of getting brain damage from it is if you take a breath as you are being ran over by a big truck!!!!!!!

Answer 3

Pretty obsessive, aren't you?  It would appear your exposure could be simulated by something we call "traffic".

I admit that there's no evidence that all of Americans (particularly in large urban centers) aren't brain damaged as a result of traffic, but at least we're all in it together.