Air pollution - Why care? (Estonia)

SOER 2010 Common environmental theme (Deprecated)

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SOER Common environmental theme from Estonia

Topic: Air pollution

Published: 26 Nov 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020

Air pollution is a transboundary, multi-pollutant, multi-effect environmental problem.

It does not recognise political boundaries. The wind can transfer polluting substances far from their sources of emission. There are several main types of pollution and well-known effects: acid rain, the greenhouse effect, stratospheric ozone depletion, etc. Each of these problems can seriously influence human health and the environment.

In spite of the fact that air pollution by sulphur and nitrogen compounds in Estonia has decreased recently, no significant reduction in corrosion on the sample plates displayed at the Lahemaa background monitoring station has been recorded. Quite the opposite has been observed: compared with 1997-1998, the corrosion loss of zinc in 2001-2002 increased both in Estonia and elsewhere in Europe. See http://www.envir.ee/orb.aw/class=file/action=preview/id=1074817/Roots,+Ott.+Materials+corrosion+and+air+pollution.pdf

http://www.corr-institute.se/MULTI-ASSESS/web/page.aspx?pageid=59189

The level of pollution with particulate matter (PM10) in Tallinn’s city centre has increased in comparison with earlier years. The number of exceedances of PM10 limit values is growing constantly.