Press room http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 2. Many Europeans still exposed to harmful air pollutants http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/many-europeans-still-exposed-to?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Almost a third of Europe's city dwellers are exposed to excessive concentrations of airborne particulate matter (PM), one of the most important pollutants in terms of harm to human health as it penetrates sensitive parts of the respiratory system. The EU has made progress over the past decades to reduce the air pollutants which cause acidification, but a new report published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that many parts of Europe have persistent problems with outdoor concentrations of PM and ground level ozone. No publisher girliar health target value air pollution urban air quality particulate matter particulate concentration traffic air emissions 2012-09-24T09:00:00+01:00 Press Release Distance-to-target for the environmental objectives set for the protection of human health, 2008 http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/distance-to-target-for-the?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Frequency distribution of the ozone 26th highest maximum daily running 8-hour mean; the target value set in the AQ Directive is 120 ug/m3 (reference period 2008; based on all available operational ozone stations reported to AirBase) No publisher ETC/ACC (PBL) EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). health target value SOER2010 exceedance air pollution ozone thematic assessment 2011-01-12T17:15:00+02:00 EEAFigure