Ua pilikia ka hapa nui o ka poʻe noho kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa i nā pae haumia ea weliweli ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea e kūlike me nā pae i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka World Health Organization (WHO) hiki ke pale aku i ka hapalua o nā make mua i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi.

Ua emi iho ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka haumia ea i nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala iho nei, a ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka maikaʻi o ka ea. ʻOiai kēia hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana, ʻo ka haumia ea ka mea nui loa o ka pilikia olakino kaiapuni ma ʻEulopa. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi a me nā pae nitrogen dioxide ma luna o nā ʻōlelo a ka World Health Organization e kumu ai i ka make mua ʻana o 253,000 a me 52,000, i ka makahiki 2021. Ua pili kēia mau mea haumia i ka hānō, ka maʻi puʻuwai a me ka hahau ʻana.
ʻO ka haumia o ka ea ke kumu o ka maʻi. Noho ka poʻe me nā maʻi e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka haumia o ka ea; he mea kaumaha kēia ma ke ʻano o ka ʻeha pilikino a me nā kumukūʻai nui i ka ʻoihana mālama ola.

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka poʻe palupalu loa o ke kaiāulu i nā hopena haumia ea. ʻO nā hui socio-economic haʻahaʻa e pili ana i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka haumia ea, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka poʻe ʻelemakule, nā keiki a me ka poʻe me nā maʻi olakino mua. Ua manaʻo ʻia ma mua o 1,200 mau make i ka poʻe ma lalo o 18 mau makahiki i hana ʻia e ka haumia ea i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma nā ʻāina lālā o ka EEA a me nā ʻāina hana pū.

Ma waho aʻe o nā pilikia olakino, hiki i ka haumia o ka ea ke hoʻopilikia nui i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ʻEulopa ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā kumukūʻai mālama ola, ka emi ʻana o ke ola, a me ka nalowale ʻana o nā lā hana ma nā ʻāpana like ʻole. Hoʻopilikia pū ia i nā mea kanu a me nā kaiaolaola, ka maikaʻi o ka wai a me ka lepo, a me nā kaiaolaola kūloko.

Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolako i nā mea ʻike maikaʻi o ka ea i kūpono no ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano kinoea like ʻole ma nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, e ʻoluʻolu e nīnau.