Ammonia levels in Europe’s farming regions are found to be four times higher than in other areas, according to a recent study by Xiansheng Liu, part of the European RI-URBANS project. Especially in the Netherlands, one of the leading global agricultural powerhouses, better monitoring will benefit policymaking.
The dense nationwide network of measuring points in the Ruisdael Observatory will greatly increase our ability to monitor these particles. More data will give better models to provide to the national governments. The most significant health hazard arises when ammonia reacts with air pollution from traffic and industry, forming particle pollution. These insights combined with more data are valuable to benefit our collective health and our ecosystems.
The results of the study are recently published in The Guardian. Read more about the findings here.
