exhaust fumes

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Catalytic converters turn toxic gases into water vapor and carbon dioxide, making car exhaust fumes less environmentally damaging.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In November, the government began testing helicopter exhaust fumes, but it's understood that officials still believe there is no risk to health.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

They come from vehicle exhaust fumes, power plant combustion, and burning wood, and present the highest health risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

The capital's more than 10 million vehicles, more than in any of India's other cities, compound the problem with their exhaust fumes.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

He got up and went out to the verandah; the sudden hot air, the roar of his neighbor’s generator, the smell of diesel exhaust fumes brought a lightness to his head.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie