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Automobile exhaust effect on health

July 22, 2008

Automobile exhaust pollutants mainly include: carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, smoke and dust particles (some heavy metal compounds, lead compounds, smoke and mist), smell (formaldehyde). According to statistics, 1,000 cars per day of carbon monoxide from about 3000 kg, hydrocarbons 200-400 kg, nitrogen oxides 50-150 kg; U.S. city of Los Angeles automobile emissions from mobile sources of pollution of air pollutants account for 90 percent of the total. Automobile exhaust air pollution is the "culprit."