Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023
Nickel in particulate matter
… Nickel is probably cancerogenic. Air quality standards There is an Europe-wide target value of 20 ng/m³ as annual mean that is valid since 1 January 2013. Air pollution Since 2007 the target value was exceeded 16 times at four stations close to industry and at one … (2022). At one station the concentration of 93 ng/m³ (2008) was high above the target value. The average concentration in urban and rural areas is about 1 µg/m³. …