US EditionAir quality improving, but just over 180,000 deaths still attributable to air pollution in EU
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Air pollution is responsible for thousands of preventable deaths in the European Union, and this despite the "significant improvement" of air quality is taking place. A recent report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes that between 2005 and 2023 premature deaths attributable to fine particles decreased by 57%. Still, unsafe levels of air pollution caused no less than 182,000 deaths in 2023 in the EU.
Air quality improving, but just over 180,000 deaths still attributable to air pollution in EU
Just over 180,000 deaths in the European Union were attributable to exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) concentrations above World Health Organization WHO guideline levels in 2023, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) air quality health impact assessment published today. Source link
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