The European Environment Agency showed that Spain exceeded the threshold placing a limit on the safe pollutant levels in cities. They discovered that levels are particularly higher in regions with considerable emission of gases combined with high levels of solar radiation and high temperatures during the summer seasons. The country of Spain has different weather conditions than other European countries; a specific example provided was the city of Madrid. Being one of the majorly affected areas in Spain, it doesn’t see much rain and has less wind, which causes more pollution to occur because it gets stuck in these cities.
Such cities like Madrid and Barcelona are struggling the most because of this environmental aspect. This added with the emission of burning fossil fuels within the city limit results in an even larger issue. The biggest concern involving exposure to such high ozone concentrations results in breathing problems, asthma, reduced lung function, and lung disease. These cities are doing what they can to reduce this growing epidemic by enacting policies
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