The European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) “ Air quality in Europe — 2019 report ” shows that almost all Europeans living in cities are still exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the health-based air quality guidelines (AQGs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new EEA analysis is based on the latest official air quality data from more than 4,000 monitoring stations across Europe in 2017. Among the findings: Concentrations of particulate matter (PM) continued to exceed the EU limit values and the WHO AQGs in large parts of Europe in 2017. For PM with a diameter of 10 μm or less (PM 10 ), concentrations above the EU daily limit value were registered at 22% of the reporting stations in 17 of the 28 EU Member States (EU‐28) and in six other reporting countries. For PM 2.5 , concentrations above the annual limit value were registered at […]