Use honey to detect toxins in the airport air

The air quality monitoring system around 8 airports in Germany is being monitored under the help of bees. In it, honey is used to check for toxins in the air.

Over the past few years, there have been many studies on the use of bees to monitor the environmental conditions around airports. In addition, this insect is also used for water quality monitoring in some areas.

The honey they produce at the airport will be used to test heavy metal content and carbon hydrocarbons in the lab twice a year. In the future, this process is also carried out in non-industrial areas.

Volker Liebig, an Orga laboratory chemist who checked the samples and said that it takes a lot of information and a long time to come to an accurate conclusion about the effect of his bile. However, he said that preliminary results bring promise.

Peter Nengelke, manager of Düsseldorf International Airport said: 'By analyzing the first batch of honey samples this year, harvesting about 200,000 bees, we discovered the existence of excessive toxins. specified level. This fits perfectly with the results from the years before we conducted the 2006 bee surveillance system . ' Meanwhile, air quality at most airports is still monitored in many traditional ways.

Using bees to monitor the air environment at the airport is an easy and convenient, environmentally friendly way.

Pollution at airports originates from many different sources, including airplanes, cars, buses and aircraft-related industries.

Currently around the world, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nations agency plays a role in closely monitoring air quality monitoring around airports.

Pollution reduction has been successful by developing aircraft engine systems and more environmentally safe means of ground support. However, this is still the cause of negative impacts on the environment. Because the components are always lead, ultrafine .

The effects of ultrafine molecules - particles of diameter less than 100 nanometers, are particularly dangerous because they can penetrate deep into the nook of the respiratory system, causing tissue damage. Currently, molecular emissions are still not regulated in the US, but in European countries there is a limit to the emissions of ultrafine particles from these vehicles.

Bees at Düsseldorf International Airport are cared for by local beekeepers and they warn of pollution levels to environmental protection agencies as a simple and useful solution.

Source: Physorg