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. 2016 Jan;124(1):A19-22.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.124-A19.

Beyond a One-Time Scandal: Europe's Onging Diesel Pollution Problem

Charles W Schmidt

Beyond a One-Time Scandal: Europe's Onging Diesel Pollution Problem

Charles W Schmidt. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Jan.
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More than half the European passenger fleet is diesel-powered. Although the European Union has been progressively tightening vehicle emissions for decades, new diesel cars still produce on-road nitrogen oxide emissions that far exceed the current standard. Efforts to reduce diesel emissions would likely make the cars more costly, but experts say it can—and should—be done. © RooM the Agency/Alamy
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