Smog indicators are spiking in the
heart of the Po Valley, according to local environmental
officials Tuesday, echoing their counterparts in Lombardy.
In Emilia, levels of pm10 particulate matter, which also
includes pm2.5 dust, were recorded at over twice the daily
threshold indicated by law, which is 50 micrograms per cubic
metre.
For ten days out of the last 14, this limit was exceeded by far
in the Piacenza area, with a peak of 119 Monday, and in the
Modena area, with a maximum of 111 on Saturday.
Piacenza's 119 micrograms is the highest value recorded since
the beginning of the year in the region.
Modena, on the other hand, already has 29 daily overruns of the
limit, very close to the threshold of 35 annual overruns
indicated by the EU.
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