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ETC HE Report 2024/12: Air quality around ports
Only 5 of the 23 ports had at least one air quality sampling point for NO2 and PM10 inside the port area. ... Concentrations in nearby cities can be up to double (NO2) and 74% higher (PM10) when the wind comes from the port. ... The limited number of sampling points makes it challenging to assess trends in NO2 and PM10 concentrations. ...
17 Dec 2024
Topics: Various other issues
Harm to human health from air pollution in Europe: burden of disease status, 2024
This briefing quantifies the latest estimated impact on population health caused by long-term exposure to three key air pollutants: fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. The foreseen benefits of achieving improved air quality are also …
10 Dec 2024
Topics: Environmental health impacts, Air pollution
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Mortality due to exposure to PM2.5 and NO2, 2022
Mortality, expressed as attributable deaths, due to exposure to PM2.5 and NO2. The inner circle shows mortality for all natural causes. ... The outer circle shows mortality for six (PM2.5) and three (NO2) specific causes and 40 and 41 European countries, respectively, in 2022. ...
10 Dec 2024
Topics: Environmental health impacts, Air pollution
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Map 2. Mortality due to long-term exposure to NO2, 2022
The map presents, for each country, information on attributable deaths (AD); AD/100,000 inhabitants over 30 years; YLL and YLL/100,000 inhabitants over 30 years due to exposure to NO2 above the WHO air ...
10 Dec 2024
Topics: Environmental health impacts, Air pollution
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Table 2. Years of life lost attributable to exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and O3, 2022
Years of life lost attributable to exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and O3, 2022 | European Environment Agency's home pageNoteSourcesShareDownloadEnlargeGo back to briefing ...
10 Dec 2024
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ETC HE Report 2024/1: Interim air quality maps of EEA member and cooperating countries for 2023. PM, O3, and NO2 spatial estimates.
The report presents interim 2023 maps for PM10 annual average, PM2.5 annual average, O3 indicator peak season average of maximum daily 8-hour means, and NO2 annual average. ...
26 Nov 2024
Topics: Various other issues
Table 2. Years of life lost attributable to exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and O3, 2022
- YLL: years of life lost - The first group of countries correspond to the EU-27 and they are in alphabetical order. The rest are presented underneath, starting with Albania. - The number of YLLs (Nr) are rounded for every country to the nearest hund…
10 Dec 2024
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Burden of disease for PM2.5, NO2 and O3, 2022
For PM2.5, the data relate to six specific identified diseases and cover 40 European countries, while for NO2, the data relate to three specific identified diseases and cover 41 European countries and ...
10 Dec 2024
Topics: Environmental health impacts
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NO2, European air quality data, (interpolated data)
The data set provides concentrations for the air pollutants NO2 at grid level combining monitoring air quality data in a ‘regression-interpolation-merging mapping’ methodology and the observational values ... It provides estimates for human health related indicators of pollutants NO2 (annual average). ...
6 Jun 2024
Topics: Air pollution
Exceedance of air quality standards in Europe (Indicator)New
Key messages: The percentage of EU urban citizens exposed to pollutant levels of PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) above current EU standards set to protect human health fell between 2000 and 2022. However, poor air quality remains a problem: in 20…
3 Mar 2025
Topics: Air pollution
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