Air quality monitoring during indoor Monster Truck and car demolition shows

Lévesque, Benoît; Allaire, Sylvain; Prud'homme, Henri; Dupuis, Karl; Bellemare, David

doi:10.1038/sj.jea.7500073

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“…The maximum NO x concentrations of previous scientific studies have ranged from 65 to 1006 μg/m 3 NO and from 2 to 5124 μg/m 3 NO 2 in indoor ice skating rinks after ice regeneration and up to 1530 μg/m 3 NO 2 in indoor sports halls at monster truck and car demolition shows . These maximum NO 2 concentrations are significantly higher than in our examined indoor go‐kart facilities.…”

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“…to 1530 μg/m 3 NO 2 in indoor sports halls at monster truck and car demolition shows. 15 These maximum NO 2 concentrations are significantly higher than in our examined indoor go-kart facilities.…”

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“…According to introductory studies, at events in indoor ice skating rinks and in indoor sports halls, maximum CO concentrations between 2 and 354 mg/m 3 and 83 and 1915 mg/m 3 were measured on several measuring days, respectively. These determined concentrations are partly 2‐10 times higher than the maximum CO concentration in indoor go‐kart races.…”

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“…In the recent scientific literature, repeated, partially severe cases of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide poisoning in indoor go-kart facilities, [5][6][7][8][9][10] indoor ice skating rinks [11][12][13][14] (eg, ice hockey games), and indoor sports halls 15,16 (eg, monster truck, car demolition, and motocross shows) have been described. The causes of increased pollutant concentrations were the exhaust gases from the propane gas-powered ice surface regeneration machines, the radiators to heat the stalls, engine exhaust gases of go-karts, cars, and monster trucks themselves combined with insufficient or bad ventilation.…”

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Air quality in indoor go-kart facilities in Germany

Wolf¹,

Berlin²,

Fembacher³

et al. 2018

Indoor Air

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Indoor go-kart driving and viewing is enjoyed by people of all ages. However, it may pose health hazards, especially for children, pregnant women, cardiovascular patients, and elderly individuals. Depending on the race length, for example, high concentrations of various contaminants may result in severe health problems. Therefore, this project investigated the Indoor Air Quality of eight indoor go-kart facilities. In general, karts that used regular fuel produced the highest concentrations of CO, benzene, TVOC, and BaP, with maximum levels up to 150 mg/m , 170 μg/m , 2690 μg/m , and 8.7 ng/m , respectively. As expected, the maximum CO concentrations at go-kart facilities that used liquid gas and electric karts (20 and <6 mg/m , respectively) were significantly lower than those at other facilities. The highest 95th percentile values for NO (2680 μg/m ) and NO (280 μg/m ) were measured for karts with liquid gas. The alkane, alkene, and cycloalkane groups, as well as benzene and the alkyl benzenes, were the predominant components of the measured TVOCs. Overall, owners of indoor go-kart tracks should ensure that the ventilation with regard to combustion products is optimally adapted in any case to reduce the levels of critical air pollutants.

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Air quality in indoor go-kart facilities in Germany

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“…The peak concentrations were between 75 ppm and 340 ppm, and the time‐weighted average during the show was between 42 ppm and 80 ppm. Levesque et al 156 investigated the air quality during an indoor monster truck and car demolition show in a Canadian arena. For carbon monoxide, extreme peak concentrations between 219 ppm and 1645 ppm were found.…”

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Human exposure to air contaminants in sports environments

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Physical activity is one of the most basic human functions and a significant basis of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) 1 recommends that adults, including older adults, undertake at least 2.5 hours of moderately intense aerobic activity per week. With an increasing number of sports enthusiasts worldwide, the number of indoor sports facilities and the number of workers in those facilities have also increased dramatically in the past decades. However, unlike residential areas and other types of public spaces, such as schools and offices, there is relatively little published research about air quality and exposure to different pollutants in various indoor sports facilities, 2,3 where a growing number of people exercise, work full or part time, or attend athletic events. 4,5 Although many studies of athletes' exposure to ambient air contaminants have been published, 6-10 little work is known about the exposure to air pollutants in different indoor sports facilities. Available publications have been focused on ice arenas, with the most investigated pollutants being carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), and particulate matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5 , referring to

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Carbon Monoxide

Kleinman¹

2008

Environmental Toxicants

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Air quality monitoring during indoor Monster Truck and car demolition shows

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Air quality in indoor go-kart facilities in Germany

Air quality in indoor go-kart facilities in Germany

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