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Home > Publications > Independent monitoring of air pollution calls for urgent action in the Balkans

Independent monitoring of air pollution calls for urgent action in the Balkans

Independent monitoring of air pollution calls for urgent action in the Balkans

Briefing    |    26 June 2017

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Bankwatch and our partner organisations have undertaken independent dust monitoring in Balkan countries and we have found worrying levels of particulate matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5), dust so small it enters deep into our lungs and blood streams causing irreversible damage and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

While efforts are being made in the European Union to bring down air pollution to a safe level for people’s health and the environment, at the EU’s doorsteps, in the Western Balkan countries, air quality data is either unavailable or unreliable. Metering stations are placed in irrelevant locations and often certain pollutants are simply not monitored.

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An online version of the briefing that includes additional video testimonies from locals.

A greyish sky with a smoke stack partly visible. The text reads: 'Peak pollution. Six months of independent monitoring of air quality in the Balkans'

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Institution: Chinese investors | Export credit agencies

Theme: Energy and climate | Social and economic impacts

Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Macedonia | Montenegro | Romania | Serbia

Project: Kostolac lignite power plant, Serbia | Pljevlja II lignite power plant, Montenegro | Tuzla 7 lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tags: PM10 | PM2.5 | air pollution | coal | energy | health | particulate matter

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