EEA: ‘Air pollution still causes 239,000 deaths annually across Europe’
The latest EEA data confirm that Europeans remain exposed to air pollutant concentrations considerably above recommended WHO levels /eea.europa.eu
Every year, around 239,000 deaths in the European Union can be attributed to exposure to fine particulate matter, a key air pollutant. Another 70,000 Europeans die from excessive ozone concentrations and 48,000 from nitrogen pollution. In Belgium alone, this concerns 4,100 deaths from particulate ma
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