Hazards from exhaust when driving peak hours

The impact of emissions during rush hours for drivers may be twice as high as previously estimated.

Researchers from Duke University, Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, have installed special sampling devices in cars to understand the risks from emissions that drivers must be exposed to during high hours. points in downtown Atlanta, USA, according to Science Daily.

This special device can sample air at a rate comparable to human lungs, mounted in more than 30 different types of cars moving during rush hour to determine the pollution level of emissions for the driver.

Emissions from vehicles are thought to be related to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.(Photo: Imgur).

Devices that detect the level of car particulate matter are twice as much as the results of a roadside sensor. The team also found that polluted gas has twice the amount of chemicals that cause oxidative imbalance.

"We find that people seem to be exposed to twice the health standards during peak hours. If these chemicals are harmful as many researchers point out, the driver should seriously think again. familiar with driving, " said Michael Bergin, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke.

According to experts, oxidative imbalance can lead to symptoms of Asperger, ADHD, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, heart failure and heart attack, sickle cells, autoimmune diseases century, infection, chronic fatigue syndrome and depression.

"There is still a lot of debate about which pollutants are the biggest cause and what makes the driver dangerous, but the point is that rush hour driving is even worse than we think. " Professor Bergin adds.