Testing on human subjects to toxic exhaust chemicals in an attempt to prove they were not carcinogenic, between 2012 and 2015, was carried out by the European Research Association for Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT), a research group set up and funded by Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler, the maker of Mercedes.
In 2014 similar testing occurred in the US in which ten monkeys were exposed to diesel fumes for several hours
“These tests on monkey and humans cannot be justified ethically in any way,” a spokesman for Angela Merkel said. “The outrage felt by many people is completely understandable.”
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