fact finder Status: 29.12.2022 06:26 a.m Particulate matter, anxious animals, full hospitals: every year, just in time for the turn of the year, the effects of fireworks are discussed. But how serious are the consequences of the fire really? By Pascal Siggelkow, ARD fact finder editors Some can hardly wait, for others it is a nuisance: firecrackers on New Year's Eve. From today until December 31, fireworks are back on the market in Germany - for the first time in...
Status: 11/24/2022 03:58 am Air quality in the EU has improved. Nevertheless, according to an official estimate, around 240,000 people died prematurely in 2020 from fine dust pollution in the air alone. Despite an overall improvement in air quality, an estimated 240,000 people died prematurely in the EU in 2020 as a result of particulate matter pollution. The EU Environment Agency EEA comes to this conclusion in a report that has now been published. The danger from air pollution is...
Fine particle pollution alert in full winter. This alert was issued for this Thursday in the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, announced Wednesday Atmosud, an organization that monitors air quality. "With the onset of winter, the use of domestic heating is on the rise, and since the beginning of the week the high pressure meteorological conditions favor the accumulation of fine particles", explains in a press release the prefect of Var. Precautions The Bouches-du-Rhône and the Var, placed in the...
The air quality in Europe is improving, but hundreds of thousands of people still fall victim to pollution from fine dust and other pollutants every year. As the EU Environment Agency EEA announced on Monday, an estimated 307,000 people died prematurely in the European Union in 2019 as a result of the pollution of their ambient air with fine dust, tens of thousands of them in Germany. According to the EEA, more than half of these premature deaths in the...
The air quality in Europe is improving, but hundreds of thousands of people still fall victim to pollution from fine dust and other pollutants every year. As the EU Environment Agency EEA announced on Monday, an estimated 307,000 people died prematurely in the European Union in 2019 as a result of the pollution of their ambient air with fine dust, tens of thousands of them in Germany. According to the EEA, more than half of these premature deaths in the...
