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The
County Administrative Board is a government body responsible for overseeing
that the national goals, laid down by the Swedish parliament and government are realized. They have got the task from the government to create a
Reference laboratory for monitoring ambient air. This is due to the EG
directives 96/62/EG. The task to maintain the Reference laboratory has gone to The Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM). ITMis
a multidisciplinary research institute studying anthropogenic environmental
pollutants; their release into the environment, transport and fate, as well as
uptake and effects on living organisms. ITM also provides external expert
support to Swedish environmental authorities.
The Reference laboratory has created a web site there
they give advice to the municipalities how to control and fulfil the obligations
the law. At this web site, under construction, and constant development through
questions and answers from the municipalities, municipalities can get a first
help how to draw up a proposal to a action program and what to do if exceed
occurs. All kind of help is possible to get and simple diagram for evaluate the
strategy for measurements and measure.
The main reason to establish a Reference laboratory
for ambient air is due to the EU directives 96/62/EU.
Unfortunately all information on the web site is in
Swedish, anyhow it is possible to e-mail the Reference laboratory and get
information.
For more information: www.itm.su.se/reflab |