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Even if the snow's not yellow you might not want to eat it

Published: 19 January 2016

Yevgen Nazarenko (photo), Uday Kurien, Oleg Nepotchatykh and Rodrigo Rangel-Alvarado, with Prof Ariya have published a paper that demonstrates a substantial influence of snow on car exhaust pollution. In particular, the results showed that snow acts as a sink for toxic organic pollutants and nanosized particles from car exhausts. The article is published in  and has attracted much attention, now classified "hot" on the Journal website. It also became subject of a full feature in the , and the .

Reference: Y. Nazarenko, U. Kurien, O. Nepotchatykh, R B. Rangel-Alvarado, P. A. Ariya, "Role of snow and cold environment in the fate and effects of nanoparticles and select organic pollutants from gasoline engine exhaust",

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