RESEARCH PROFILE: Ozone monitoring for the masses

摘要

Too much ozone in the air is a health hazard, reducing lung capacity and aggravting asthma, but it's been impossible to measure exposure levels in individuals as they go about normal daily activities. Until now. A study published in AC (DOI 10.1021/ac1013578) describes the development of an ozone monitor small enough for personal use. "There's a need for small instruments so people can carry them around," says John Birks, who developed the portable monitor with colleagues at 2B Technologies, Inc., in Boulder, Colorado. "We don't know what people's exposures actually are."