Pollutants in my neighbourhood
How much carbon dioxide is the local factory emitting into the air? Which heavy metals are in the effluent going into rivers? Which countries does the industrial operation export its waste to? Anyone looking for information on pollutant emissions out of sheer curiosity or for professional purposes can now find out through Germany’s new Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). [
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High NO2 levels: Ongoing Need for Action on Diesel Emissions
Speech of Dr. habil. Uwe Lahl, VDA Technical Congress, 2.-3. April 2008 in Ludwigsburg [ more]
NO2 concentrations have decrease less as expected - in some places concentrations have increased
As from January 1st, 2010, two ambient air quality limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which have been adopted in 1999, have to be met in the EU. These two limit values are a one hour average concentration of 200 µg/m³ and an annual average concentration of 40 µg/m³. Whereas the one hour value is complied with nearly everywhere today, the annual average concentration is exceeded today at many monitoring stations, particularly at roadside stations. [ more]
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Indoor Air Quality
Conference "Construction Products and Indoor Air Quality", Berlin, 4-5 June 2007.
Presentations are now available for download.
Manual
Inventory of Air Quality and Health Authorities and Institutions in the WHO European Region (Federal Environment Agency (UBA), October 2006)
PDF-File
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