Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe

Air pollution is hard to escape, no matter where you live. It can seriously affect your health and the environment. Even though air quality in Europe has improved over recent decades, the levels of air pollutants still exceed EU standards and the most stringent World Health Organization guidelines.

Air pollution continues to pose significant risks to health in Europe, causing chronic illness and premature deaths.

What are national authorities doing to improve air quality?

The Zero pollution monitoring assessment: a cross-cutting assessment on pollution

Pollution is the largest environmental cause of multiple mental and physical diseases, and of premature deaths, especially among children, people with certain medical conditions and the elderly. Pollution is also one of the five main threats to biodiversity.

The EEA report provides a cross-cutting assessment on pollution centred around the themes of production and consumption, health and ecosystems.