{"title":"315c - Control of exposure to aircraft emissions at airports","authors":"Jeroen Terwoert","doi":"10.1093/annweh/wxae035.180","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Workers at airports may be exposed to the exhaust of both Diesel Engine Emissions (DEE) from a wide variety of equipment, such as ground power units and tow trucks, as well as to Aircraft Engine Exhaust (AEE). Workers on the ramps where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refuelled and boarded may be particularly highly exposed. Particle number concentrations of up to several 100.000/cm3 over several hours and up to several millions/cm3 during short term peaks were measured. Effective control of exposure to AEE is a complex issue. While DEE is a formally WHO IARC-classified carcinogen, for AEE this is less clear, and specific literature is relatively scarce. This affects the extent of employers’ obligations to minimise exposure. Early investigations of the literature show that AEE contain various components that are formally classified carcinogens, in relatively low amounts. This means, that limiting the exposure as much as possible is desirable. Options for control measures include for example the use of electric powered aircraft facilities, implementation of emission-free taxiing (by electric equipment), departure procedures in which the jet stream towards ramp workers is prevented, departure procedures in which the distance between aircraft engines and ramp workers is maximized, and procedures that prevent unnecessarily long running main jet engines close to the gate. Potential divers and bottle-necks for these measures will be presented.","PeriodicalId":8362,"journal":{"name":"Annals Of Work Exposures and Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals Of Work Exposures and Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxae035.180","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Workers at airports may be exposed to the exhaust of both Diesel Engine Emissions (DEE) from a wide variety of equipment, such as ground power units and tow trucks, as well as to Aircraft Engine Exhaust (AEE). Workers on the ramps where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refuelled and boarded may be particularly highly exposed. Particle number concentrations of up to several 100.000/cm3 over several hours and up to several millions/cm3 during short term peaks were measured. Effective control of exposure to AEE is a complex issue. While DEE is a formally WHO IARC-classified carcinogen, for AEE this is less clear, and specific literature is relatively scarce. This affects the extent of employers’ obligations to minimise exposure. Early investigations of the literature show that AEE contain various components that are formally classified carcinogens, in relatively low amounts. This means, that limiting the exposure as much as possible is desirable. Options for control measures include for example the use of electric powered aircraft facilities, implementation of emission-free taxiing (by electric equipment), departure procedures in which the jet stream towards ramp workers is prevented, departure procedures in which the distance between aircraft engines and ramp workers is maximized, and procedures that prevent unnecessarily long running main jet engines close to the gate. Potential divers and bottle-necks for these measures will be presented.
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About the Journal
Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?"
We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing:
the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures;
the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities;
populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers;
the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems;
policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities;
methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk.
There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope.