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Air quality 1990 - 2018   Table summary
Year EU Norm 1990 2001 2002 2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
SpecificationDimension summary
PollutionItem summary                                
sulphur dioxide (SO2) (in µg/m³) (1)  350   385   79   63   77   45   30   63   41   46   43   57   45   24   42   30
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (in µg/m³) (2)  40   62   50   51   57   58   60   59   58   62   65   58   48   45   45   42
nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2, in rural area) (in µg/m³) (2,3)  30   30   20   23   25   22   20   21   22   20   20   18   19   20   16   16
ozone (O3) (in µg/m³)Item summary (1,4,5)    234   200   212   254   196   194   202   192   204   185   182   282   188   245   220
carbon monoxide (CO) (in µg/m³) (6)  10 000   8 900   4 500   5 850   1 700   3 850   2 040   1 020   1 500   1 270   1 150   933   1 220   1 820   1 140   999
benzene (C6H6) (in µg/m³) (2)  5.0   8.4   3.8   2.4   1.6   1.0   1.0   0.6   1.1   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.6   0.6   0.5   0.4
particulate matter (PM2.5, <2.5 µm) (in µg/m³) (2)  25   …   …   …   …   …   19   19   15   12   16   12   12   13   9   9
particulate matter (PM10, <10 µm) (in µg/m³) (2)  40   47   35   32   31   28   29   25   25   22   24   20   21   21   24   21
particulate matter (PM10, <10 µm) (in µg/m³) (7)  50   …   …   …   …   …   …   80   80   71   79   77   84   84   97   78
particulate matter (PM10, <10 µm) (in days) (8)  35   …   …   …   …   …   …   15   18   14   15   7   6   8   11   8
lead (Pb) (in µg/m³)Item summary (2)  0.5   0.2   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.1   0.0   0.1   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
arsenic (As) (in ng/m³) (2)  6.0   …   …   …   …   3.3   2.1   2.2   3.2   1.1   1.1   0.5   0.4   3.8   4.1   3.6
cadmium (Cd) (in ng/m³) (2)  5.0   …   …   …   …   2.0   1.4   1.4   0.5   0.3   1.4   0.1   0.1   0.4   0.5   0.4
nickel (Ni) (in ng/m³) (2)  20.0   …   …   …   …   6.0   5.3   4.4   5.9   6.6   4.3   2.7   1.4   7.5   12.0   9.4
benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) (in ng/m³) (2)  1.0   …   …   …   …   0.3   0.3   0.3   0.3   0.4   0.3   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.3   0.3



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1 Hourly average.
2 Annual average.
3 Protection of the vegetation.
4 180: information threshold for the population (1 hour).
5 240: alert threshold (3 concsecutive hours).
6 Average over 8 hours.
7 Average over 24 hours.
8 Number of tolerated days over 50 µg/m³.

 


Publication date : 20/06/2019
Periodicity: yearly
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Highest recorded value.

 
Definitions :
Air pollution

 
180 = point at which population is informed and 240 = warning level.

 
Definitions :
Lead contamination

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