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More regulations, more pollution?

Publication: OEM Off-Highway
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: More regulations, more pollution?(Feature)

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More regulations, more pollution?

by Dave Jensen

New study suggests NOx reductions may cause ozone levels to increase.

Here's one for the "tell me it can't be so" file. A new, five-year study warns that federal regulations designed to reduce NOx may actually increase ozone pollution in urban areas.

That's right. Reducing NOx may actually increase ground-level ozone due to the interaction of NOx with volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the atmosphere. At the very least, the study suggests, reductions in NOx emissions seem to have minimal impact on ozone formation. As a result, regulators would have a greater impact on improving air quality if they shifted their emphasis from NOx to VOC emissions, one of the study's authors suggests.

The study's findings, which...

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