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Air pollution from agriculture: ammonia exceeds emission limits in 2015

News Published 12 Jul 2017 Last modified 12 Jul 2017

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Photo: © Paweł Krok, Picture2050/EEA

Ammonia (NH3) emissions in Europe have fallen since 1990, but not as much as emissions of other air pollutants tracked under an internationally agreed United Nations Convention. According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today, ammonia emissions increased in 2015 and several European Union Member States as well as the EU as a whole exceeded their respective NH3 emission limits under the Convention.