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Black carbon fouls New York subway stations

Pollutant can cause breathing problems

air pollution graph

BAD AIR  Tiny black carbon particles drift through the air at several New York City subway stations. Underground stations collect the highest concentrations.  

M.J. Ruzmyn Vilcassim et al/Environmental Science & Technology 2014

By Meghan Rosen

- More than 2 years ago

Among the grit and grime cloaking New York City’s subway stations, one type of tiny, sooty particle looms large.