How to Use nitrogen dioxide in a Sentence

nitrogen dioxide

noun

• Air in some 70 cities and towns in Germany fails to meet the E.U.’s nitrogen dioxide standards.
  — Griff Witte, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
• Researchers last month released the first images, which depict changes in nitrogen dioxide over the course of a day.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Large concentrations of nitrogen dioxide are shown over the city in 2019.
  — Fox News, 1 Mar. 2020
• The area also had no carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide or PM2.5 days throughout the year.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
• For the study, researchers measured nitrogen dioxide levels in more than 100 homes before a gas stove was used, during use, and after the stove was turned off.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 15 May 2024
• The researchers found that stroke risk was nearly 30% higher when people had been exposed to nitrogen dioxide up to five days prior.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The key question is whether nitrogen dioxide exposure related to gas stoves is large enough to lead to health concerns.
  — The Conversation, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2023
• The most significant health risks happen when the stove is lit, the authors note, because the process creates nitrogen dioxide as a byproduct.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
• On Thursday, researchers released their first images, which show changes in nitrogen dioxide pollution over the United States over the course of a day.
  — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• One study found that working remotely for four days of the work week could reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions from traffic by 10%.
  — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• But it is linked to a slightly lower autism risk from exposure to one air pollutant: nitrogen dioxide.
  — Nicholette Zeliadt, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
• The study found that working from home four days a week would reduce the amount of nitrogen dioxide, which is the main pollutant generated by traffic emissions, by around 10%.
  — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• The cloud of nitrogen dioxide that was parked over China in January seemed to evaporate in February.
  — NBC News, 18 Mar. 2020
• The biggest concern for human health is nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2023
• The rule contributed to a 40-percent drop in national nitrogen dioxide emissions, the agency said.
  — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 3 May 2024
• Studies were pointing to the possible health effects of nitrogen dioxide, which is one of the problematic compounds that gas stoves emit as early as the late ’70s and early ’80s.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• Want to know how the nitrogen dioxide levels in Hyderabad, India, compare with those in Kampala, Uganda?
  — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2019
• Gas-burning ranges produce and spread nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution indoors, the study found.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2024
• The effect is thought to be due to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but benzene (from unburnt natural gas) and fine soot are other possible issues.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
• This early research focused mostly on nitrogen dioxide, or NO2, which is released by gas stoves.
  — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
• Cooking on a gas stove can lead to nitrogen dioxide levels that exceed federal standards for outdoor air.
  — Emily Anthes, Scientific American, 1 June 2020
• In March 2020, satellite images showed less nitrogen dioxide in the air over the country, particularly in areas on the West Coast that went under lockdown early.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
• For starters, while the kitchen was the first room in a home contaminated by nitrogen dioxide, most other rooms are eventually affected too.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 3 May 2024
• UHoo monitors all of that plus nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, virus index, and ozone levels.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
• The health risks of a higher nitrogen dioxide intake can range from asthma to cardiovascular effects and even cancer.
  — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
• The rule contributed to a 40-percent drop in national nitrogen dioxide emissions.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
• As a result, nitrogen dioxide emissions, an ozone precursor, were 12.5 percent higher than the same time last year when traffic patterns were normal.
  — Erin Stone, azcentral, 12 June 2020
• This tends to undermine the appeal of diesel, which releases less carbon dioxide per mile than gasoline but emits more nitrogen dioxide and particles.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
• Without proper ventilation, the fumes from that equipment can build up high levels of poisonous gases such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024