Taxi drivers’ exposure to black carbon and nitrogen dioxide in electric and diesel vehicles: A case study in London

Bos, Brendan; Lim, Sangyeob; Hedges, M. T.; Molden, Nick; Boyle, Sam; Mudway, Ian; Barratt, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.110736

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“…The air tightness of the vehicle is also an important consideration for in-vehicle exposures. A vehicle with a greater air exchange rate has been found to increase in-cabin exposures (Bos et al 2021;Karanasiou et al 2014).…”

Section: Professional Drivers and Occupational Exposure To Diesel Exhaustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the exposure and hazard of diesel exhaust in professional drivers: a review of the current state of knowledge

Lim

Holliday

Barratt

et al. 2021

Air Qual Atmos Health

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It is well-established that traffic-related air pollution has a detrimental impact on health. Much of the focus has been on diesel exhaust emissions due to a rapid increase in vehicle numbers and studies finding that this pollutant is carcinogenic. Unsurprisingly, the highest diesel exposures that the general population experiences are during urban daily commutes; however, few studies have considered professional drivers who are chronically exposed to the pollutant due to their work in transport microenvironments. In this narrative review, we address the literature on professional drivers’ exposure to diesel exhaust and advocate that a modern exposure science approach utilised in commuter personal exposure studies is needed. This type of evaluation will provide a more detailed understanding of the time-activity of professional drivers’ exposures which is required to identify specific interventions to reduce their risk to diesel exhaust emissions.

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Section: Professional Drivers and Occupational Exposure To Diesel Exhaustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the exposure and hazard of diesel exhaust in professional drivers: a review of the current state of knowledge

Lim

Holliday

Barratt

et al. 2021

Air Qual Atmos Health

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“…There is growing evidence demonstrating variation of in‐vehicle pollutants according to ventilation settings 19,26–32 . Our data indicate that reduction of in‐vehicle UFP after the lockdown was much weaker when taxi drivers opened windows more and activated air recirculation less.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…There is growing evidence demonstrating variation of in-vehicle pollutants according to ventilation settings. 19,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Our data indicate that reduction of in-vehicle UFP after the lockdown was much weaker when taxi drivers opened windows more and activated air recirculation less. Indeed, opening windows favors the ingress of particles inside the vehicle, which diminishes the beneficial effect of traffic flow reduction post-lockdown.…”

Section: Changes In Ventilation Settings and Taxi Drivers' Practicesmentioning

confidence: 69%

Changes in air quality in‐taxis and in working conditions of taxi drivers pre‐ and post‐lockdown, during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Paris area

2021

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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has threatened the whole of humankind across the globe from environmental, economic, social, and health perspectives. 1,2 All countries have faced tremendous challenges to contain the spread of the disease and to prevent the saturation of health systems. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, restrictive measures, such as border closures, factory shutdowns, traffic restrictions, teleworking, were imposed by many national governments. 3 Under these circumstances, daily activities of populations were limited which resulted in the reduction of some anthropogenic emissions. 4,5 Researchers took advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to assess changes in air pollution. By comparing conditions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, a remarkable improvement in air quality was reported in many countries, for example,

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“…Most of the works analyze diesel-powered vehicles [149][150][151][152] or petrol vehicles [153][154][155][156][157]. Less frequency was detected on vehicles fueled with CNG or LPG [112,[158][159][160][161], while most recent studies have also analyzed electric or hybrid vehicles [28,[162][163][164].…”

Section: Transport Microenvironmentsmentioning

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Exposure to Air Pollution in Transport Microenvironments

et al. 2023

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People spend approximately 90% of their day in confined spaces (at home, work, school or in transit). During these periods, exposure to high concentrations of atmospheric pollutants can pose serious health risks, particularly to the respiratory system. The objective of this paper is to define a framework of the existing literature on the assessment of air quality in various transport microenvironments. A total of 297 papers, published from 2002 to 2021, were analyzed with respect to the type of transport microenvironments, the pollutants monitored, the concentrations measured and the sampling methods adopted. The analysis emphasizes the increasing interest in this topic, particularly regarding the evaluation of exposure in moving cars and buses. It specifically focuses on the exposure of occupants to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs). Concentrations of these pollutants can reach several hundreds of µg/m3 in some cases, significantly exceeding the recommended levels. The findings presented in this paper serve as a valuable resource for urban planners and decision-makers in formulating effective urban policies.

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Taxi drivers’ exposure to black carbon and nitrogen dioxide in electric and diesel vehicles: A case study in London

Cited by 16 publications

References 23 publications

Assessing the exposure and hazard of diesel exhaust in professional drivers: a review of the current state of knowledge

Assessing the exposure and hazard of diesel exhaust in professional drivers: a review of the current state of knowledge

Changes in air quality in‐taxis and in working conditions of taxi drivers pre‐ and post‐lockdown, during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Paris area

Exposure to Air Pollution in Transport Microenvironments

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