Kwalta mai zafi tana fitar da iskar gas wanda galibi ya ƙunshi hydrogencarbons iri-iri, musamman polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Abubuwan da ke tattare da kwalta sun hada da asphaltene, guduro, cikakken da aromatic hydrocarbons.
Saboda high-zazzabi magani ko tsawaita evaporation na halitta, man fetur, da kwalta kwalta, tsarin dumama yana haifar da ƙananan ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta, babba dogon sarka da kamshi hydrocarbons, musamman mahimmin kwayoyin halitta kamar naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, da benzo[a]pyrene.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons musamman masu guba ne kuma wasu sanannun carcinogens ne.