"With the current levels of air pollution, many people [are getting] sick. We know that lowering air pollution levels reduces these numbers,” said Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, director of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

  • megrania
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    1 year ago

    Wow, I always thought Barcelona (where I live) was much worse, turns out it’s just a bit worse … clocking in at 17μg right now … sometimes up to 40, esp. in the Summer.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah particularly Flanders in Belgium gets absolutely wrecked by the massive meat industry and pollution of the Netherlands and the amount of diesel cars still in use. Our air quality levels are about the same as NL while going south to wallonia or France increases air quality drastically (drops to 5μg/L)