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Monitoring atmospheric particulate matter is a challenge facing the European Union. Specific rules on this subject (European Council Directive 2008/50/EC) are being developed to reduce potential adverse effects on human health caused by air pollution. In this paper, we describe an air quality assessment in terms of atmospheric particle levels (PM10), as outlined by European Union legislation and carried out in an industrial coastal area in Spain over an eleven-year period. Its purpose was to compare particle levels there and in other areas of the Mediterranean Basin with levels in Northern Europe that have different meteorological conditions. The study area is in the province of Castellon, a province that is strategic within the framework for European Union (EU) pollution control. Approximately 80% of European ceramic tile and ceramic fit manufacturers are concentrated in two areas that form the so-called %26quot;ceramics clusters%26quot;; ones in Modena (Italy) and the other in Castellon. This industry produces many air pollutants in these areas, which make fulfilling European PM10 limits difficult, and so controlling the air quality within them becomes necessary. In the study period, there were two important reductions in PM10 values; the first occurred from 2002 to 2004 due to an agreement by the ceramic industry to implement corrective measures in their production processes; the second reduction, from 2009 onwards, is due to the present economic crisis. A PM10 Air Quality Index has been established to determine the quality of breathed air with ease and clarity. Furthermore, in accordance with Directive 2008/50/EC, an Air Quality Plan is proposed to protect human health and the environment as a whole within the study area. General and specific corrective measures for main emission sources are provided. A strategy for air pollution management is thus presented.
- 出版日期2013
