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A friend of mine has asked me if I knew anyone who would participate in the following study.
They are looking for healthy cyclists and non-cyclists to participate in a small but important study at Queen Mary University of London looking at the pulmonary and systemic effects of pollution in healthy adults.
DO YOU COMMUTE IN LONDON?
ARE YOU:
18-40?
NON-SMOKER?
RELATIVELY HEALTHY?
You would have to:
1) Complete a brief (1 page) questionnaire about their commuting/cycling habits
2) Inhale nebulised/vaopurised saline for 30 mins (not unpleasant or difficult) and spit into a pot
3) Spend a 24 hour period wearing my carbon monitor with some sort of GPS
4) Maybe… Have some blood taken (not essential but helpful)
Am looking to see:
1) How residential/commuting/working location impacts upon atmospheric carbon exposure (ultrafine carbon is a little toxic).
2) How carbon exposure relates to lung carbon content (will probably be worse with cyclists as they breathe faster and deeper and are closer to the exhaust)
3) How carbon exposure relates to blood markers of inflammation and tissue damage.
Please email: c.nwokoro@qmul.ac.uk