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Methodological report to calculate how many people exposed to the different noise sources is underestimated considering the END thresholds established for the noise sources to be analysed (agglomerations above 100.000 inhabitants, major roads above 3 million vehicles / year, major railways with more than 30.000 train passages per year and major airports with more than 50.000 movements per year) and for the noise threshold levels established in the END for Lden and Lnight, compared to the noise levels at which the WHO defined that negative health effects and impacts start to occur.

This report presents summarised information on the status of air quality in Europe in 2024, based on validated air quality monitoring data officially reported by the member and cooperating countries of the EEA. It aims at informing on the status of ambient air quality in Europe in 2024 and on the progress towards meeting the European air quality standards for the protection of health, as well as the WHO air quality guidelines. The report also compares the air quality status in 2024 with the previous years. The pollutants covered in this report are particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), tropospheric ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), benzene (C6H6) and toxic metals (As, Cd, Ni, Pb). Measured concentrations above the European air quality standards for PM10, PM2.5, O3, and NO2 were reported by 18, 5, 21, and 8 reporting countries for 2024, respectively. Exceedances of the air quality standards for BaP, SO2, CO, and benzene were measured in, respectively, 12, 3, 1, and 0 reporting countries in 2024. Exceedances of European standards for toxic metals were reported by 5 stations for As, none for Cd, 1 for Pb and 4 for Ni.