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Summer ozone at harmful levels in 2013

News Published 13 Mar 2014 Last modified 20 Feb 2017

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Photo: © Francesco Pasqualetti

Ground-level ozone exceeded legal limits in every Member State and at many individual measurement sites during summer 2013, according to the European Environment Agency's annual report on this harmful pollutant. Although the number of exceedances is high, they have decreased over recent decades, the report notes.