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A presentation at a Scottish Local Air Quality Management Event, Tuesday 26th March 2013. Organised by SEPA.
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INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE . Edinburgh . UK www.iom-world.org
A cyclist’s perspective
John Cherrie and Karen [email protected]
With help from Melanie Gorman Ng and Araceli Sanchez Jimenez
SEPA LAQM 26 March 2013
Pollutants are not uniformly distributed…• We see variation in
space and time at fixed point monitoring stations
• People move through space and so each person experiences different exposures
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www.scottishairquality.co.uk
Pollutants concentrations vary…
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Cyclists have higher exposures…• One might expect that cyclists
are likely to have higher exposures than non-cyclists
• But is that the case?
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Data from China…
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Wu D-L. Influences of Commuting Mode, Air Conditioning Mode and Meteorological Parameters on Fine Particle (PM2.5) Exposure Levels in Traffic Microenvironments. Aerosol Air Qual Res Published Online First: 2013. doi:10.4209/aaqr.2012.08.0212
In cab is now less polluted?
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Children may have higher exposure… • Child cyclists may have higher exposure
than adults• Children are smaller and height above the
emission sources, i.e. the tailpipe may be important
• Buzzard et al showed that exposure of adults about half that of a child
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Buzzard NA, Clark NN, Guffey SE. Investigation into pedestrian exposure to near-vehicle exhaust emissions. Environmental Health 2009;8:13.
Sensors…
• We have had a range of direct reading monitors for some time
• The difference now is that relatively sensitive low cost devices are becoming available with data-logging capabilities
• Coupled with information about position, activity, environment etc. they can make a clearer picture of exposures
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Demonstration from a cycling journey
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MapMyWalk.com
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www.MapMyWalk.com
Concentration data
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Throughout the cycle journey
Dashboard…
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Watch at…www.youtube.com/watch?v=PafT2SN6GmM
Some key observations
• Concentration response lagged in relation to sources
• Response also smoothed to some extent• The move from the quiet campus
to the roads associated with a rise in concentration
• Peaks when traffic heavy• Level seems to rise during
the test
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Why did concentration rise?
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18 g/m3 45 g/m3
Why did concentration seem to rise?
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Background concentration rose in Edinburgh city centre during our test
Conclusions and discussion…• Low-cost sensors offer new possibilities to
investigate exposure to air pollutants• Video can provide context but is difficult to
interpret in a large-scale study• Multiple sensors offer great
opportunities, but the challenge is in working with enormous datasets
• Watch the video at:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=PafT2SN6GmM