Despite slight improvement: air pollution levels in the EU are still too high
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Air quality in Europe is improving, but it still does not meet EU or WHO standards, which leads to health problems for Europeans, primarily due to car exhaust and other pollutants.
Despite the fact that air quality in Europe is improving, the level of pollution is still too high. This is stated by the European Environment Agency, UNN reports.
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According to the document, all 27 EU member states do not meet their own air quality standards, let alone those set by the World Health Organization.
That is why Europeans are experiencing excessive discomfort and getting sick too much. They especially complain about car exhaust.
According to researchers, 253 thousand deaths have occurred due to exceeding the maximum recommended concentration of fine particles known as PM2.5.
Although we have made significant progress in reducing air pollution levels in recent years, our latest data and assessment show that the impact of air pollution on our health is still too high, leading to deaths and illnesses that can be attributed to air pollution
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The agency emphasizes that 52 thousand EU residents have died due to gradual nitrogen dioxide poisoning, and ozone exposure is the cause of 22 thousand deaths in the EU. In cities, transportation is the main source of air pollution. In some regions, its quality is negatively affected by domestic heating using solid substances such as coal or wood.
The figures released today by the EEA remind us that air pollution is still the number one health problem in the EU
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However, the European agency also emphasizes that climate change, and in particular rising temperatures in cities, threatens the cleanliness of the environment, and thus the health of EU residents. They also suffer from smoke from fossil fuel power plants.
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