Until 2018 the WHO Collaborating Center for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control published news about air quality of the member states of the WHO Region for Europe. read more
Health
Newsletter WHO CC Air Hygiene
Luftqualität
Air
Nickel in particulate matter
Nickel belongs to the heavy metals and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air arsenic is measured bound to particulate matter. read more
Air
Benzo(a)pyrene in particulate matter
Benzo(a)pyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. It is used as a marker for the carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air. read more
Health
WHO CC Air Hygiene Report
The Air Hygiene Report informs on various air hygiene issues in the WHO Region for Europe. read more
Air
Calculation base air quality index
The index is based on a health-related assessment of hourly mean ozone and nitrogen dioxide values and of hourly moving PM10 daily mean values. For calculating the index, at least one of the three pollutants has to be measured at a station. The lack of measurements of one or two pollutants at a station is indicated by an incomplete circle: The index is based on all three pollutants... read more
News on Air
Air quality 2014: Nitrogen dioxide now ranks as pollutant Nr. 1
Wood-fired heating systems emit more particulate matter locally than road traffic read more
