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Italian cities are among the most polluted in Europe.The new indicator of air quality in European cities, published in recent days by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which examined the average levels of fine particulate matter ( PM2.5) in 372 urban centers with over 50 thousand inhabitants of the European continent.What emerges is that only 5 Italian cities - namely Sassari (6.2 μg/m3), Livorno (7.8 μg/m3), Savona (9.2 μg/m3), Battipaglia (9.6 μg/m3) , Syracuse (9.7 μg/m3) - present a "fair" air quality, while for 29 centers it is "moderate" and, for another 27, "poor".The Italian city that turned out to be the most polluted is that of Cremona, with 23.3 μg/m3, followed by Vicenza (23 μg/m3) and Padua (22.7 μg/m3). Specifically, the research – carried out thanks to the collection of data from 500 monitoring stations within the EEA member countries in the months of 2022 and 2023 - highlighted how onl...

Frosinone, Turin and Treviso are the cities most at risk of smog in Italy.This is what emerged from the new Legambiente report Mal'Aria di città 2024, drawn up as part of the Clean Cities Campaign, which examined the 2023 data in the provincial capitals, both as regards the levels of fine particles (PM10, PM2.5) than nitrogen dioxide (NO2).“Their current levels – explains Legambiente – have been stable for several years now, in line with current legislation, but remain far from the regulatory limits that will be approved shortly by the EU, scheduled for 2030 and above all from the values ​​suggested by the Organization world health". The report of Legambiente highlighted how the fight against smog in Italian cities still has a long way to go.According to what emerged from the work of the Green Swan researchers, of the 98 cities monitored to date, 18 exceeded the current limits regulations for PM10 exceedances (35 days a year with a daily averag...