Air pollution in Leskovac has been above the permitted limits for 36 days already. The data from the new automatic stations confirm what citizens already knew: Leskovac has become one of the most polluted places in Serbia
Air in Leskovac has been for 36 days since the beginning of this year excessively polluted suspended PM10 particles, the data is from a new automatic measuring station installed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
This means that on February 12, the legal limit for the whole year was already exceeded in Leskovac, which is the concentration of PM10 particles in the air greater than 50 micrograms per cubic meter for 35 days (source of data and graphics: xEco application).
Through citizen measuring stations, we have had this information for years, and now for the first time according to state monitoring data: as of Wednesday, the air in Leskovac is officially category 3 - excessively polluted!
"You will receive this information immediately through the xEco portal and the citizens' association. We expect it from the competent Environmental Protection Agency at the end of 2026, when they will publish a report on air quality for the current year 2025. In the meantime, the citizens of Leskovac will feel the consequences of polluted air, many will lose their lives due to air pollution", says the statement of the organization TIM42, which announced on this occasion.
In the continuation of the announcement, Team 42 calls on the local self-government to respond in a timely manner to the official data of the state monitoring and to urgently start the procedure of creating the Air Quality Plan. Institutions must act proactively in order to address the problem of air pollution as quickly as possible and preserve the lives and health of the citizens of Leskovac.
What is the situation in other cities?
And the situation in the rest of Serbia is not better.
The data shows that in addition to Leskovac, 10 other cities exceeded the annual pollution maximum in a month and a half.
According to the regulations, the allowed annual limit with a concentration of PM-10 particles in the air greater than 50 micrograms per cubic meter is 35 days.
The first city that exceeded the limit with the concentration of particles, based on the data collected by xeco.info, is Zaječar, in which during this year only two days there was no illegal amount of PM-10 in the air.
Valjevo, Prokuplje, Kruševac, Šabac and Užice, Čačak, Požega and Novi Pazar are among the cities where there has been increased pollution for more than 35 days.
In Loznica, 35 days were recorded in which the concentration of PM-10 particles in the air was higher than 50 micrograms per cubic meter.
Close to this limit are Šabac, Kosjerić, Pirot and Kraljevo.
PM-10 particles got their name from their size - they are less than 10 micrometers. For comparison, a human hair is about 100 micrometers wide. And while larger particles remain, for example in the nose, these particles penetrate into the lungs, writes RTS.
They can be of different composition, and the only thing they have in common is their size. They are a mixture of smoke, soot, dust and acid with heavy metals. Sources of pollution with these particles can be different, from thermal power plants to cars.
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