Georgia is transforming onto European standards of air quality control – National Environment Agency reports. The quality of air across Georgia will be evaluated with use of modern European standards.

According to Noe Megrelishvili, Air Department Head of the Agency, composition of hazardous chemical substances in the air were previously checked based on old Soviet standards.

Megrelishvili said that the new standards will allow determination of upper and lower edges of pollution. Air pollution will be monitored against four components (pollutants): Arsenic, Cadmium, Nickel and Cyclobenzaprine, the main source of which is industry and exhaust fumes.

Seven stations of air monitoring are currently functioning in Georgia. One additional station will be activated in Rustavi town of Kvemo Kartli region till the end of this year. Several other stations will start functioning starting 2019.

The regulations aim at provision of improvement of air quality across Georgia and determining of hazardous substances’ concentration to prevent the risk to human health and natural environment.

Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze claimed during the presentation of Green Economy environmental concept that introduction of air quality of European standards would be launched from August 1.