diesel fumes
Heavy engine emissions
Diesel fumes are the exhaust gases and particulate matter produced by diesel engines.
The smell is distinctive—heavier and more acrid than gasoline exhaust.
Diesel fumes contain nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and fine particles linked to respiratory problems: The bus stop reeked of diesel fumes.
Prolonged exposure is a health concern for truck drivers and mechanics.
- exhaustUse up entirely
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- black smokeSooty airborne combustion byproduct
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- rolling coalDeliberately excessive diesel emissions
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- Fumescar exhaust, smoke, factory smoke, cigarette smoke, engine exhaust
- Air Pollutantssmoke, smog, soot, exhaust, carbon monoxide
- pollutantspollutants, pollutant, contaminant, contaminants, toxin
- ship pollutionengine exhaust, exhaust gases, nitrogen oxides, smokestack emissions, soot
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