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Ozone pollution in Europe: fewer alert days but concentrations still high

News Published 06 May 2015 Last modified 21 Jun 2016

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Air pollution by ground-level ozone continued to affect many countries across Europe during summer 2014, according to a new briefing published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Almost all reporting countries exceeded at least once the long-term objective set by EU legislation, while the stricter alert threshold was exceeded only on four occasions.