Notes on the Particulate Matter Standards in the European Union and the Netherlands

The distribution of Particulate Matter in the atmosphere, resulting from emissions produced by cars, trucks, ships, industrial estates and agricultural complexes, is a topical public health problem that has increased in recent decades due to environmental factors in advanced economies in particular. This contribution relates the health impact caused by concentrations of Particulate Matter (PM) in ambient air to the PM standards, the size of the particles and spatial planning. Diverging impacts of PM standards in legal regulation are discussed. The authors present a review of the development of... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hugo Priemus
Elizabeth Schutte-Postma
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Reihe/Periodikum: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 1155-1173 (2009)
Verlag/Hrsg.: MDPI AG
Schlagwörter: Particulate Matter / air quality / environmental policy / spatial planning / zoning / European Union / Medicine / R
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6031155

The distribution of Particulate Matter in the atmosphere, resulting from emissions produced by cars, trucks, ships, industrial estates and agricultural complexes, is a topical public health problem that has increased in recent decades due to environmental factors in advanced economies in particular. This contribution relates the health impact caused by concentrations of Particulate Matter (PM) in ambient air to the PM standards, the size of the particles and spatial planning. Diverging impacts of PM standards in legal regulation are discussed. The authors present a review of the development of legal PM standards in the European Union, with a specific reference to The Netherlands.