Research shows that vehicles release five times more ammonia emissions than what safety regulators originally thought and this type of pollution mainly affects places like New York City.
Recent research suggests that safety regulators may have drastically underestimated the severity of the ammonia emissions produced by cars and other vehicles. According to a report by Streetsblog, it turns out that vehicles may release five times more ammonia than previously believed, a level of pollution primarily affecting cities like New York.
As the report describes, ammonia gas, or NH3, “is a relatively understudied vehicle emission” that nonetheless poses real environmental and health risks. The gas “combines with nitrogen oxides in the air to form the fine particulate matter that has a major impact on human health,” with research suggesting links to “15,000 premature deaths across the United States each year.” Continue reading
