Isocyanic acid (HNCO) and its fate in the atmosphere: a review

MD Leslie, M Ridoli, JG Murphy… - … Science: Processes & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Isocyanic acid (HNCO) has recently been identified in ambient air at potentially concerning
concentrations for human health. Since its first atmospheric detection, significant progress …

Online chemical characterization of food-cooking organic aerosols: Implications for source apportionment

E Reyes-Villegas, T Bannan, M Le Breton… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Food-cooking organic aerosols (COA) are one of the primary sources of submicron
particulate matter in urban environments. However, there are still many questions …

Advances in science and applications of air pollution monitoring: A case study on oil sands monitoring targeting ecosystem protection

JR Brook, SG Cober, M Freemark… - Journal of the Air & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The potential environmental impact of air pollutants emitted from the oil sands industry in
Alberta, Canada, has received considerable attention. The mining and processing of …

Gaseous emissions (regulated and unregulated) and particulate characteristics of a medium-duty CRDI transportation diesel engine fueled with diesel-alcohol blends

V Kumar, AP Singh, AK Agarwal - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, different diesel-alcohol (methanol, ethanol, and butanol) blends termed as
'diesohols' were used to investigate the performance and emission characteristics of a …

Contribution of post-harvest agricultural paddy residue fires in the NW Indo-Gangetic Plain to ambient carcinogenic benzenoids, toxic isocyanic acid and carbon …

BP Chandra, V Sinha - Environment International, 2016 - Elsevier
In the north west Indo-Gangetic Plain (NW IGP), large scale post-harvest paddy residue fires
occur every year during the months of October–November. This anthropogenic perturbation …

[HTML][HTML] Isocyanic acid and ammonia in vehicle emissions

R Suarez-Bertoa, C Astorga - … Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Vehicles are considered to be an important source of ammonia (NH 3) and isocyanic acid
(HNCO). HNCO and NH 3 have been shown to be toxic compounds. Moreover, NH 3 is also …

Mutagenicity and cytotoxicity of particulate matter emitted from biodiesel-fueled engines

AK Agarwal, AP Singh, T Gupta… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biodiesel engines produce several intermediate species, which can potentially harm the
human health. The concentration of these species and their health risk potential varies …

Time resolved measurements of speciated tailpipe emissions from motor vehicles: trends with emission control technology, cold start effects, and speciation

GT Drozd, Y Zhao, G Saliba, B Frodin… - Environmental …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Experiments were conducted at the California Air Resources Board Haagen-Smit Laboratory
to understand changes in vehicle emissions in response to stricter emissions standards over …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution scenario analyses of fleet replacement strategies to accomplish reductions in criteria air pollutants and 74 VOCs over India

H Hakkim, A Kumar, B Sinha, V Sinha - Atmospheric Environment: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Traffic emissions are a major source of air pollution and associated damage to human
health in India. Many of the Indian metro cities urgently require cleaner transportation …

High concentrations of atmospheric isocyanic acid (HNCO) produced from secondary sources in China

Z Wang, B Yuan, C Ye, J Roberts… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isocyanic acid (HNCO) is a potentially toxic atmospheric pollutant, whose atmospheric
concentrations are hypothesized to be linked to adverse health effects. An earlier model …