Consumer, Industrial Products Overtake Transportation as Source of Urban Air Pollution

Andy Fell — February 15, 2018 - 4:17pm

Consumer products such as shampoo, cleaning products and paint now contribute as much to urban air pollution as tailpipe emissions from vehicles, according to a new study led by NOAA and including researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results are published Feb. 16 in the journal Science.

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Consumer, Industrial Products Overtake Transportation as Source of Urban Air Pollution