The Times of Israel reports: Public criticism of the German auto industry has escalated on reports that diesel exhaust tests were carried out on both monkeys and humans.
The tests were reportedly carried out by a research group funded by major German auto companies. The German government on Monday condemned the experiments and Volkswagen sought to distance itself from them, with its chairman saying that “in the name of the whole board I emphatically disavow such practices.”
The tests from German companies are particularly striking, as during the Holocaust the Nazis killed people by pumping exhaust gas into sealed “gas vans.”
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