Animal cruelty

Volkswagen to probe its diesel exhaust test on monkeys

 In a shocking expose that emerged this week, a report revealed that Volkswagen’s diesel exhaust tests involved monkeys.

According to the report, a research group funded by auto companies exposed monkeys to diesel exhaust from a late-model Volkswagen.

It added that another group was exposed to fumes from an older Ford pickup.

The experiments on monkeys were reportedly carried out in 2014 in New Mexico before Volkswagen was caught using software that let vehicles cheat on vehicle emissions.

The report stated that the tests were intended to show modern diesel technology had solved the problem of excess emissions.

It further added that Volkswagen and other German carmakers used the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, known as EUGT, to conduct the research.