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In eight agglomerations and six cities in Serbia last year, the air was category 3, while in the rest of the country it was category 1, according to the annual report on the state of air quality, which was published today by the Environmental protection agency.
Excessively polluted air, which is a description of the third category, was breathed in the agglomerations of Belgrade, Nis, Smederevo, Kosjeric, Pancevo, Novi Sad, Uzice and Bor, as well as in the cities of Valjevo, Kraljevo, Zajecar, Pozarevac, Subotica and Beocin.
In the territories of Valjevo, Kraljevo and Subotica, the air was excessively polluted by exceeding the concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 particles in suspension, while in Požarevac and Zaječar it was estimated that the air was of the 3rd category due to the fact that it exceeded the PM10 value.
The air in Beocin received a worse rating for exceeding the value of PM2.5, and as claimed due to the lack of measurement of particulate matter in January and February, an inadequate picture was obtained that the air in Sremska Mitrovica was of first category last year.
Exceeding the PM10 and 2.5 particulate matter values is the reason why the air is assessed as excessively polluted in the agglomerations of Belgrade, Nis, Smederevo and Kosjeric.
The agglomeration of Pancevo is in the third category of air quality due to PM2.5 particles, Novi Sad and Uzice due to PM10, and the air in Bor was evaluated as excessively polluted due to exceeding the limit value of SO2 .
According to the air quality assessment, last year in the rest of Serbia the air was category 1, which means that clean or slightly polluted air was breathed, that is, air in which the limit values of no pollutants.
PM10 and PM2.5 particulate matter are also the most important pollutants in European countries that negatively affect the health of the population.
The annual report states that for Serbia, the indicator of exposure of the urban population to PM10 particles in suspension is 35 micrograms per cubic meter of air, while the indicator of exposure of the population to pollution by PM2.5 is 29 micrograms per cubic meter of air.
The annual report on the state of air quality in Serbia for 2019 is an analysis of the results of measurements that were made within the state and local networks for air quality monitoring.
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