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IOAD transport requires an internationkh. ally uniform method of testing diesel iaust smoke, according to two German )erts working for a Berlin institute. They pose three limit values, among them a it for new vehicles of a smoke density not ;ceding half a gramme per cubic metre. This German contribution was in one of papers from the UK, France, Germany d USA summarized yesterday by Dr. S. G. Burnett (Preston Medical Officer of :alth) at the International Clean Air Conus in London. The congress opened on esday.
Dr. .Burnett said that in the opinion of ne UK authors there were effective diesel Jake reduction agents available, provided ; engines themselves were properly used d maintained. The new high-barium ditives, though not cheap, could have a nificant effect on black smoke emission. ie marketed in Belgium had shown its icacy in road trials.