30/12/2020 15:34
The Environment Minister Barna Tanczos asked on Wednesday the National Environmental Protection Agency, as a result of the pollution episodes from the last days in Bucharest, to support the activity in the field with the mobile laboratories for measuring the concentrations in each representative area where increases are recorded.
According to a release sent on Wednesday to AGERPRES, the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forestry (MMAP) is reviewing the intervention procedure in case of increased concentrations of air pollutants in the capital city and in the rest of the country.
"Following the episodes of the last days regarding the increases in PM 10 concentrations in Bucharest, in certain hourly intervals or even exceeding the daily average for this pollutant, the Environment, Waters and Forestry Minister Barna Tanczos convened today a meeting with the institutions subordinated to the Environment, Waters and Forestry Ministry with attributions for monitoring and control of the air pollution sources in Bucharest", the release mentions.