Assessment of air quality impacts due to volatile and persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals

摘要

The Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic promoted the project entitled "Local Studies of Air Quality in the Cities of Bratislava and Kosice, National Needs Assessment of Air Pollution", with the financial support of the European Union (PHARE Program). Aveage life expectancy for the Slovak population is reported as one of thw shortest in Europe. The Ministry of Environment recognised that without a deeper examination of Hazardous Air Pollutants in ambient air, they would not be able to assess the risk of air pollution to humans with a consequential stalling of further developments in air protection policy.