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Emissions from road traffic and domestic heating behind breaches of EU air quality standards across Europe

News Published 16 Feb 2022 Last modified 07 Feb 2023

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Breaches of EU air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide across Europe were predominantly due to road traffic, while domestic heating lay behind the majority of exceedances for particulate matter, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment on air quality plans published today.