Auditors publish briefing on EU action to reduce health risks from air pollution
The Audit Brief is based on work done for an audit of the effectiveness of EU action to tackle air pollution, which is currently underway. Recent studies have found that poor air quality is the main environmental cause of premature death among EU citizens. Fine particulate matter was considered to be responsible for an estimated 436,000 premature deaths in the EU in 2013, nitrogen dioxide for 68,000 and ground-level ozone for a further 16,000.
The EU Ambient Air Quality Directive lays down common measurement techniques; criteria for assessing ambient air quality and binding limit values for the atmospheric concentration of the main air pollutants.
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Publication of the report is planned for mid-2018.
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