New calculations: These cities are threatened by the diesel ban
Berlin Air pollution from diesel exhaust in German cities decreased last year. The limit value of 40 micrograms per cubic meter of air for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to protect health was exceeded in around 70 municipalities instead of 90 cities in 2016, according to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) according to initial estimates on Thursday.
The highest pollution with NO2 was in Munich despite a slight decrease. According to the preliminary data, 36 other cities have surely exceeded the limit:
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Cities with a safe crossing 2017 |
Annual mean 2016 |
Annual mean 2017 |
| Munich | 80 | 78 |
| Stuttgart | 82 | 73 |
| Cologne | 63 | 62 |
| Reutlingen | 66 | 60 |
| Hamburg | 62 | 58 |
| Dusseldorf | 58 | 56 |
| Keel | 65 | 56 |
| Heilbronn | 57 | 55 |
| Darmstadt | 55 | 52 |
| Ludwigsburg | 53 | 51 |
| Dortmund | 51 | 50 |
| Wiesbaden | 53 | 50 |
| Berlin | 52 | 49 |
| Freiburg in Breisgau | 41 | 49 |
| Oberhausen | 48 | 49 |
| Oldenburg (Oldb) | 50 | 49 |
| Wuppertal | 49 | 49 |
| Hagen | 51 | 48 |
| Mainz | 53 | 48 |
| Tubingen | 48 | 48 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 52 | 47 |
| Solingen | – | 47 |
| Aachen | 49 | 46 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 48 | 46 |
| Leverkusen | 45 | 46 |
| Limburg a.d. Lahn | 60 | 45 |
| Mannheim | 46 | 45 |
| augsburg | 46 | 44 |
| Hanover | 55 | 44 |
| Ludwigshafen on the Rhine | 46 | 44 |
| Osnabruck | 48 | 44 |
| Halle (Saale) | 46 | 43 |
| Leonberg | 47 | 43 |
| Nuremberg | 46 | 43 |
| to water | 44 | 42 |
| eat | 51 | 41 |
| regensburg | 42 | 41 |
| Source: Federal Environment Agency | ||
With 29 cities, it is “likely” that they will exceed the limit values:
|
Cities with “more likely” Exceeded 2017 |
Annual mean 2016 |
| Düren | 60 |
| Backnang | 56 |
| Marbach am Neckar | 55 |
| Esslingen am Neckar | 54 |
| Offenbach am Main | 51 |
| Bochum | 50 |
| Paderborn | 50 |
| Bielefeld | 49 |
| Bonn | 49 |
| Herrenberg | 49 |
| Mühlacker | 49 |
| Ravensburg | 49 |
| Victories | 48 |
| Huerth | 47 |
| Leinfelden-Echterdingen | 47 |
| Pleidelsheim | 47 |
| Herne | 45 |
| Mülheim an der Ruhr | 45 |
| Neuss | 45 |
| Witten | 45 |
| Heidenheim an der Brenz | 44 |
| Hildesheim | 44 |
| cake | 44 |
| Mönchengladbach | 44 |
| Swords | 44 |
| Bensheim | 43 |
| Dinslaken | 43 |
| Hameln | 43 |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | 43 |
| Source: Federal Environment Agency | |
According to this, ten cities that exceeded the limit again in 2016: Dresden, Koblenz, Leipzig, Bremen, Fulda, Kassel, Norderstedt, Würzburg, Marburg and Potsdam. Another 15 cities probably succeeded.
The Federal Environment Agency collects and evaluates the data from over 500 measuring stations across Germany. Not all stations work fully automatically. The manually determined values are not yet available for 2017. The Office has therefore only given an estimate for some cities as to whether they comply with the limit value of 40 micrograms per cubic meter of air for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on an annual average.
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