15-02-2018 22:30 via theguardian.com

Pollutionwatch: ice resurfacing machines can cause poisoning

The machines that ensure smooth ice for athletes can be responsible for air pollutionWatch the live streams from the Winter Olympics and you will see the ice rink resurfacing machines that ensure smooth ice for the athletes. Running any engine indoors is a bad idea, especially in a room full of thousands of spectators and heavily breathing ice-hockey players or skaters. The first case of air pollution problems from ice resurfacers was reported in 1975 when 15 children became ill from carbon mono
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