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

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the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. However, there is more than 15 years of research showing that the contribution of non-exhaust primary particles to the total traffic generated primary particles is significant in urban areas. Further, a 2013 review by Denier van der Gon et al. Background.

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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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