ULTRHAS
The EU-funded ULTRHAS project aims to reveal the health hazards of ultrafine particles (UFP) emitted by different modes of transport and to provide guidance for the development of measures to improve air quality and health.
ULTRHAS involves partners from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Norway), the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland), the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), the University of Rostock and the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich (Germany), and the Comprehensive Molecular Analytics cooperation group of Helmholtz Zentrum München.
In particular, ULTRHAS will clarify the importance of physical and chemical properties and atmospheric aging processes of UFPs emitted by different transport modes (i.e., car, ship and aircraft exhaust, abrasion particles from brakes as well as from overhead lines and pantographs). State-of-the-art techniques for exhaust gas generation and characterization as well as exposure approaches are applied. The overall objective of the project, funded by more than €4 million from the EU, is to improve the risk assessment of air pollutants from transport and to advise policy makers and regulators on more targeted measures to mitigate those emission components and sources that contribute most to negative impacts. This will enable the development of more effective strategies to improve urban air quality and promote health and well-being.
ULTRHAS is composed of seven work packages. The aerosol chemistry group is characterizing UFP from tailpipe emissions and artificially aged aerosols obtained in the exposure campaigns. The focus is on quantifying known or potentially toxicologically relevant substances. UFP model aerosols with different physical and chemical properties will be produced and characterized to test hypotheses.
This project was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 955390.
ULTRHAS
The EU-funded ULTRHAS project aims to reveal the health hazards of ultrafine particles (UFP) emitted by different modes of transport and to provide guidance for the development of measures to improve air quality and health.
ULTRHAS involves partners from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Norway), the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland), the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), the University of Rostock and the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich (Germany), and the Comprehensive Molecular Analytics cooperation group of Helmholtz Zentrum München.
In particular, ULTRHAS will clarify the importance of physical and chemical properties and atmospheric aging processes of UFPs emitted by different transport modes (i.e., car, ship and aircraft exhaust, abrasion particles from brakes as well as from overhead lines and pantographs). State-of-the-art techniques for exhaust gas generation and characterization as well as exposure approaches are applied. The overall objective of the project, funded by more than €4 million from the EU, is to improve the risk assessment of air pollutants from transport and to advise policy makers and regulators on more targeted measures to mitigate those emission components and sources that contribute most to negative impacts. This will enable the development of more effective strategies to improve urban air quality and promote health and well-being.
ULTRHAS is composed of seven work packages. The aerosol chemistry group is characterizing UFP from tailpipe emissions and artificially aged aerosols obtained in the exposure campaigns. The focus is on quantifying known or potentially toxicologically relevant substances. UFP model aerosols with different physical and chemical properties will be produced and characterized to test hypotheses.
This project was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 955390.