Areas contaminated with PM2.5 particles

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EUstandard 0.025 mg/m3

Areas most polluted with PM2.5 particles:
- Crossroads of Elbasan Street (Ballet School)
- The area around Qemal Stafa Stadium
- Youth Park
- Skanderbeg Square

PM2.5 particles are pollutants generally caused by vehicles and heavy traffic. High levels of PM2.5 have severe consequences for human health causing cardiac and pulmonary problems. Children and the elderly remain the most at risk.

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Green Lungs for Our Cities

The Annual Conference 'Green Lungs for Our Cities' is held on alternative monitoring of air, noise and urban greenery where the first monitoring was presented in some of the areas in Tirana, Elbasan, Shkodra, and Durres. This conference was held as part of a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the Co-PLAN Institute for Habitat Development and Milieukontakt Albania (member of Milieukontakt International Network). Representatives of civil society, academics, field experts, students, and interested citizens were present.

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Monitoring campaign in educational institutions in Tirana

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