Air Quality

AIR QUALITY Debating Europe www.debatingeurope.eu More than 2013 80% Year of Air ! of the EU's urban population is exposed to PM levels above the 2005 WHO Air Quality Guidelines In 2009, it cost 220-300 € each EU citizen 8.6 months up to of reduced life expectancy 2 years of reduced life expectancy in the most polluted places in the most polluted places #^"! "SOS!" 420,000 premature deaths in the EU in 2010 €192 million 2,200 saved premature deaths from sulphur dioxide were prevented In 20 cities where sulphur in fuels was reduced by EU legislation Sources: EC, EEA, Aphekom