{"id":256,"date":"2012-01-30T01:44:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T01:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalenvironmental.com\/?p=256"},"modified":"2012-01-31T00:24:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T00:24:36","slug":"ice-skating-a-trace-on-ice-a-footprint-in-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalenvironmental.com\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Ice Skating: A trace on ice&#8230;a footprint in the environment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last week, we enjoyed the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeans2012.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2012 in Sheffield<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, UK. I\u2019m actually a huge fan of this sport, although I lost the chance to watch closely and warmly support my favorite skater; for the 7<span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">th<\/span> time European Champion <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/evgeni-plushenko.com\/eng\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evgeni Plushenko<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">! However, having searched almost everything in the internet about this exciting sport, I surprisingly came across with some not so green information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263\" style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalenvironmental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IceSkating.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263  \" src=\"http:\/\/mentalenvironmental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IceSkating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalenvironmental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IceSkating.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mentalenvironmental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IceSkating-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Cappellini \/ Luca Lanotte (Italy) in Sheffield 2012. Credit: Susanne Kempf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It seems that several air contaminants in indoor ice arenas have been detected. Mainly, CO and NO2\u00a0are produced during ice resurfacing, causing health problems with most popular asthma diseases. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/0160412094901368\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard University released a paper back in 1993<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, stating the problem by presenting amounts (percentages) of the measured air pollutants produced by fuel-resurfacing engines.\u00a0To put icing on the cake, they concluded\u00a0there were no trivial solutions to\u00a0overcome the difficulties of cleaning the air unless to stop using these\u00a0equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At\u00a0present,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/iaq\/icearenas.html\" target=\"_blank\">EPA<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">has clearly\u00a0stated\u00a0one of her priorities to be\u00a0the\u00a0protection of\u00a0indoor air quality by using measures to remove or reduce the air pollutants.\u00a0In the last 5 years, EPA\u00a0has\u00a0obliged the ice arenas to\u00a0meet\u00a0the air quality standards\u00a0through improved ventilation, air filtration, and frequent equipment maintenance. It is expected that hydrocarbon emissions will be reduced by 71 percent, nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 percent, and carbon monoxide emissions by about 57 percent. Eventually, these\u00a0standards will help avoid respiratory ailments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ice skating is such a beautiful sport that never crossed\u00a0my\u00a0mind\u00a0(I bet neither yours!)\u00a0that\u00a0amateur skaters and especially professionals, who practice every day, may\u00a0suffer\u00a0important health problems due to the\u00a0ineffectual\u00a0environment. Let\u2019s hope that nothing can steal the magic of the ice!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">elen<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we enjoyed the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2012 in Sheffield, UK. I\u2019m actually a huge fan of this sport, although I lost the chance to watch closely and warmly support my favorite skater; for the 7th time European Champion Evgeni Plushenko! 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