Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution: study

Friday, March 2, 2012 - 16:00 in Physics & Chemistry

The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) and other colleagues.

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