Carbon from the traffic?

Question

is there any way that i can get the black stuff on my windows checked for carbon. i live on a main road and you can smell the stink from the traffic in my home.

Answer 1

Why bother?  Carbon is not poisonous.  When you get dirty burn (car, barbecue, etc.) it is NOT the carbon that is bad for you.  That is just a sign of incomplete burn.

It is everything else in a dirty burn that is bad for you (CO, NOx, SOx, etc.)

If you still want to do an analysis, just google "chem lab analysis"  any most can do simple Carbon analysis.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=che...

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Believe it or not, you can chew on carbon with no ill effect (except for black and ugly tongue).

good Luck...