Data Reveals Nearly , Everyone in Europe Is Breathing , Dangerously Toxic Air.br 'The Guardian' reports that Europe is facing a "severe br public health crisis" as nearly the entire continent is br breathing air with dangerous levels of pollution.br According to data, including measurements br from over 1,400 ground monitoring stations, br 98 of people live in areas with dangerously dirty air.br That dirty air includes levels of fine particulate br pollution (PM2.5) that exceeds the guidelines br set out by the World Health Organization.br 'The Guardian' found that two-thirds of people br live in areas where levels of fine particulates are br more than double the WHO guidelines.br In North Macedonia, nearly two-thirds of people br in the country live in areas with levels of PM2.5 br over four times higher than the WHO guidelines.br According to experts, PM2.5 br pollution is responsible for 400,000 br deaths in Europe every year.br This is a severe public health crisis. br What we see quite clearly is that br nearly everyone in Europe br is breathing unhealthy air, Roel Vermeulen, Professor of environmental br epidemiology at Utrecht University, via 'The Guardian'.br The main producers of PM2.5 pollution are traffic, br industry, domestic heating and agriculture.br According to a recent study, air pollution was br responsible for 1 million stillbirths every year. .