Less air pollution from Kola to Lapland
Finland measures lower concentrations of sulphur dioxide and heavy metals transported from Russia’s northern industry.
Sulphur dioxide (SO2), heavy metals and some polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) transported from the Kola Peninsula are decreasing over the latest years. Pollutants like nitrogen compounds, volatile hydrocarbons and ozone, however remains more or less unchanged, according to the study.
The smelter in Nikel on Russia’s Kola Peninsula is the single-largest polluter of sulphur dioxide in the Barents Region. Also, the nickel and cobber smelters in Monchegorsk are serious contributors to long-transported air pollution.
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In general, the air pollution in Lapland are very low, typically about one tenth of the background concentrations in Southern Finland.
