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AUGUST 22, 2009

The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

If air pollution emissions continue to rise at the current rate, some 6.6 In the EU exposure to fine particles and ozone claims 180,000 lives a year, including 35,000 in Germany. Thus, twice as many people die from the effects of vehicle emissions than from road accidents. Credit: Nature, Lelieveld et al. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 12, 2019

—Co-author Professor Jos Lelieveld, of the Max-Plank Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and the Cyprus Institute Nicosia. They focused particularly on PM 2.5 Worldwide, they found that air pollution is responsible for 120 extra deaths per year per 100,000 of the population. —Prof Lelieveld.

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