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Where does air pollution come from?

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233 points kamaraju | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 04:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.25s | source
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TimByte ◴[02 Apr 25 06:29 UTC] No.43554160[source]▶
It's wild how many pollutants trace back to the same root cause: burning stuff. Fossil fuels, biomass, agriculture byproducts - it’s all combustion and decomposition in different forms.
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1. carlosjobim ◴[02 Apr 25 12:08 UTC] No.43555799[source]▶
I would say it's completely expected that air pollutants come from smoke.