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Air pollution - Why care? (Iceland)

SOER 2010 Common environmental theme (Deprecated)
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SOER Common environmental theme from Iceland
Published: 26 Nov 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020

It is a well‑known fact that air pollution affects people’s health. Studies on that are few in Iceland but those that exist indicate that particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) cause the most risk to health. Air pollution can also affect the health of animals and plants as well as cause corrosion to buildings and electronic equipment.

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