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Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs

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The volunteers were exposed to ambient air or dilute diesel exhaust with a PM 2.5 and ozone on pulmonary circulation on the same day and over five and ten days. —lead author Dr Jean-Francois Argacha, a cardiologist at the University Hospital (UZ) Brussels, Belgium.

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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As the trend toward cleaner technologies with reduced exhaust emissions continues through the use of catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters (DPF), and improved fuels and engines, non-exhaust PM will soon surpass exhaust emissions and may well become dominant by 2020 both in terms of emissions and contributions to air quality.

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