Red alarm level: Potsdam's air quality shakes the citizens!

Red alarm level: Potsdam's air quality shakes the citizens!

Brandenburg an der Havel, Deutschland - On June 23, 2025, air quality was recorded in Potsdam, whereby the focus was on the dangerous fine dust particles (PM10). The measuring station in the Potsdam center provides every hour updated data that is available about 20 minutes after recording. A limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air may be exceeded at most 35 times a year. This data offers valuable insights into the current air quality, which is assessed using three main values: fine dust, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. Explains in connection with the health risks maz-online.de Pollutants exist.

The air quality is divided into different categories: at a value over 200 μg/m³ for nitrogen dioxide, over 100 μg/m³ for fine dust or over 240 μg/m³ for ozone, one speaks of "very bad". The steps "bad" (nitrogen dioxide 101-200 µg/m³, fine dust 51-100 µg/m³, ozone 181-240 µg/m³) and "moderate" (nitrogen dioxide 41-100 µg/m³, fine dust 35-50 µg/m³, ozone 121-180 µg) are for the) Assessment relevant. The fact that the EU has around 240,000 premature deaths from fine dust is particularly worrying.

recommendations for the population

Particularly attentive should be paid to fine dust emissions during New Year's Eve. Every year, around 2050 tons of fine dust are created due to fireworks, 75% of which affect the environment alone on New Year's Eve. Fireworks smoke is largely composed of fine dust that can be harmful to health.

air pollution - a European problem

The health effects of air pollution are not only limited to Germany. It remains the greatest environmental health risk throughout the EU. According to [eea.europa.eu] (https://www.eea.europa.eu/de/highlights/gesundheit-und-welt-der-der-dyer pollution) between 2005 and 2022 the deaths caused by fine dust (pm2.5) by 45%. The overarching goal of the EU is a reduction in fine dust deaths by 55% by 2030. Nevertheless, 2022 died at least 239,000 people in the EU due to fine dust pollution over the WHO guideline.

In addition, ozone and nitrogen dioxide burden ethnicity. According to estimates, 70,000 deaths from ozone and 48,000 could be avoided by nitrogen dioxide if the WHO guidelines were observed. The communities on the Air Data Brandenburg platform can also be informed about special measurements of the ultra-stones particles and thus carry to the visibility of this important data at luftdaten.brandenburg.de.

Overall, the air quality remains a decisive topic that not only influences individual well -being, but also has far -reaching social and health effects. Awareness of this problem must be steamed constantly in order to effectively combat air pollution and maintain our quality of life.