Vantage Pro Wants to Keep School Kids Off Diesel Exhaust

Once again, this Vantage Pro overslept and missed the school bus, so Dad had to load it up and drive it to school…? (Photo by NESCAUM staffer, Al Leston)

Not exactly. George Allen and his colleagues at NESCAUM (Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management,a multi-state non-profit organization) are doing a study on a “hot topic” these days: children’s exposure to diesel exhaust from the bus while riding it. To do so, they followed the bus around town, stopping now and then to make measurements.

“Each time we did that, we needed to know the local wind speed and direction,” George explained. “So we mounted the system on the roof of the car, and always positioned the car in the same way relative to the bus when we stopped. That way we could know if the wind was blowing the bus exhaust back into the bus cabin while doors or windows were open when the bus was idling.”

What a great use of our Vantage Pro. Thanks, George!

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