Canada restricts cars. (The Beat).In 2002 the Canadian government announced new stricter emissions standards for on-road vehicles targeted at reducing levels of smog-forming pollutants (such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; ) and toxic substances (such as benzene and acrolein acrolein /acro·le·in/ (ak-ro´le-in) a volatile, highly toxic liquid, produced industrially and also one of the degradation products of cyclophosphamide. ). Cars and trucks are the largest source of greenhouse gases in Canada, contributing 25% of such emissions, a level that is only expected to increase in the future. Included in the proposed measures are technical standards for exhaust, evaporative, and crankcase crank·case n. The metal case enclosing the crankshaft and associated parts in a reciprocating engine. crankcase Noun the metal case that encloses the crankshaft in an internal-combustion engine emissions, onboard diagnostic systems, and other vehicle emission control systems. The measures have been developed to mirror U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. regulations for the same systems in line with efforts of create an integrated vehicle manufacturing market in North America. |
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