powered vehicles in particular as among the most significant sources of pollution. The particulate matter in soot from these sources constitutes a tremendous health hazard, because high PM levels reduce life expectancy by a significant margin, six months being the figure quoted as the average. Consequently, various measures to reduce the release of pollutants and control pollutant concentrations have been and are being introduced at the international, European and national level. Such measures include the EU Air Quality Directive, which came into force at the beginning of 2005 and sets limits for air pollution from particulate matter and other pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide.
Despite the measures implemented to date for more environmental protection and better health and safety, it would be wrong to assume that they alone suffice to check the increasing strain on the ecosystem. Against the backdrop of the increasingly strident debate on the environment and climate change, over the coming years society at large and governments in particular will have no alternative but to undertake wide-reaching action to achieve an ecological turn-around, while at the same time significantly extending those measures that have already been implemented.
This general development offers HJS both possibilities and opportunities to continue making its mark. It is in this vein that HJS intends forging ahead with setting national and international standards with its extensive worldwide patent rights for DPF® and SCRT® so as to develop social and economic principles in a way that will contribute significantly to protecting mankind and the planet.
