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More effort needed to reduce summer ozone

News Published 19 Mar 2012 Last modified 20 Feb 2017

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Photo: © Luis Garcia

Ground level ozone causes health problems, decreases crop yields and damages the environment. Ozone levels exceeding certain targets in Europe were less frequent in summer 2011 than in any year since monitoring started in 1997. However, the long-term objective was exceeded in all EU Member States and it is likely many of them will not meet the target value, applicable as of 2010.