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Cooking is a bigger source of harmful air particles than vehicle exhausts in London and Beijing

There have been decades of regulations to make vehicles greener and improve air quality in London and Beijing, as well as a popular shift toward less polluting road transport. Now, total emissions of harmful air pollutants from vehicle exhausts are lower than those from cooking in the centers of these two megacities, a study has found.

Cooking is a bigger source of harmful air particles than vehicle exhausts in London and Beijing

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