The analysis was conducted on data from SMHI's modeling of air quality in Sweden, reportsSveriges Radio Ekot .
In 56 percent of the country's municipalities, the limit value for pollutants set by the EU's air quality directive, which is to be implemented in Swedish law next year, is exceeded.
The pollution can have major consequences for the health of Swedes.
We know that these health effects are very direct, which can happen within a couple of hours to a couple of days, but they can also have very long-term effects where heart disease and cancer can develop, says Petter Ljungman, cardiologist and environmental epidemiologist at Karolinska Institutet to Ekot.
