Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2005

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Subject: New report: Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2005

Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:11:21 +0200

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The following report has been released on the EEA website:

Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2005 (Technical report No

3/2006), published at

http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2006_3

Abstract:

In summer of 2005 levels of ground-level ozone were high in southern Europe

with widespread exceedances of the information threshold value (180 µg/m3)

laid down in the ozone directive (2002/3/EC). The frequency of exceedances

of the information threshold was similar to earlier years, except for the

summer 2003, which had a record number of exceedances. The highest one-hour

ozone concentration in summer 2005 (361µg/m3) was observed in Portugal.

Other high hourly ozone concentrations between 360 and 300 µg/m3 were

reported from Greece, Italy, France, Romania and Spain. The directive's

long-term objective to protect human health, an ozone concentration of 120

µg/m3 over 8 hours, was extensively exceeded in the EU and other European

countries. In large parts of Europe the target value to protect human health

was also exceeded.

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