Urgent Call to Ensure Clean Air For All in Europe, Fight Health Inequalities and Oppose Delays in Action
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Urgent Call to Ensure Clean Air For All in Europe, Fight Health Inequalities and Oppose Delays in Action. / Malmqvist, Ebba; Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic; Spadaro, Joseph; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Katsouyanni, Klea; Forsberg, Bertil; Forastiere, Francesco; Hoffmann, Barbara.
In: International Journal of Public Health, Vol. 69, 1606958, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Urgent Call to Ensure Clean Air For All in Europe, Fight Health Inequalities and Oppose Delays in Action
AU - Malmqvist, Ebba
AU - Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic
AU - Spadaro, Joseph
AU - Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
AU - Katsouyanni, Klea
AU - Forsberg, Bertil
AU - Forastiere, Francesco
AU - Hoffmann, Barbara
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - As part of the Green Deal, the European Union’s (EU) ambitious plan to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050, EU launched the Zero Pollution Action Plan in 2021. One of the key elements of this plan is an update of the current air quality legislation, the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) with air pollution limit values of 25 μg/m3 for particulate matter with diameter <2.5 µm (PM2.5) and 40 μg/m3 for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The need for a revision became clearer upon release of the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines (WHO AQG) in 2021, which recommends limit values (annual mean) of 5 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 10 μg/m3 for NO2, based on a comprehensive global review of the key scientific evidence on health effects of ambient air pollution [1]. The difference between these values exposes the large gap between science-based standards aimed at protecting health and the current, outdated EU AAQD.
AB - As part of the Green Deal, the European Union’s (EU) ambitious plan to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050, EU launched the Zero Pollution Action Plan in 2021. One of the key elements of this plan is an update of the current air quality legislation, the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) with air pollution limit values of 25 μg/m3 for particulate matter with diameter <2.5 µm (PM2.5) and 40 μg/m3 for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The need for a revision became clearer upon release of the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines (WHO AQG) in 2021, which recommends limit values (annual mean) of 5 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 10 μg/m3 for NO2, based on a comprehensive global review of the key scientific evidence on health effects of ambient air pollution [1]. The difference between these values exposes the large gap between science-based standards aimed at protecting health and the current, outdated EU AAQD.
KW - Humans
KW - Europe
KW - Environmental Health
KW - Health Inequities
KW - Air Pollution/prevention & control
KW - Air Pollutants
U2 - 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606958
DO - 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606958
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38362306
VL - 69
JO - International Journal of Public Health (Print Edition)
JF - International Journal of Public Health (Print Edition)
SN - 1661-8556
M1 - 1606958
ER -
ID: 383335035