diesel exhaust
Semi's black smoke
Diesel exhaust is the mixture of gases and particulates expelled from diesel engines.
It contains carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine soot particles that give it a characteristic dark color and acrid smell.
Diesel exhaust has been classified as carcinogenic: The mechanic developed lung problems from years of breathing diesel exhaust.
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- black smokeSooty airborne combustion byproduct
- rolling coalDeliberately excessive diesel emissions
- carbon monoxideToxic combustion byproduct gas
- particulate matterFine airborne solid fragments
air pollution · belching · tailpipe emissions · nitrogen oxides · lung cancer · respiratory diseases · EPA standards · hydrocarbons · fumes · emissions · benzene · formaldehyde · catalytic converters · sulfur dioxide · Clean Air Act · turbo · greenhouse gases · idling
- air pollutionsmog, air pollution, emissions, air pollutants, pollutants
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- Air Pollutantssmoke, smog, soot, fumes, carbon monoxide
- carcinogensasbestos, benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, tobacco smoke
- diesel automobilesoil burner
- exhausttailpipe, muffler, fumes, tailpipe emissions, emissions
air quality
diesel exhaustfresh air
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