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

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- Published: 2026-11-03T23:20:02+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-cooking-bigger-source-air-particles.html
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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.

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