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CASE STUDY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. 
Accurate data is essential for monitoring and managing the environment and 
enabling the design and implementation of effective environmental regulation. 
Recognising the hazards posed by pollution, the EU has developed an extensive 
body of legislation which establishes health-based standards and objectives for 
pollutants in air, water and soil. Key to the successful implementation of these 
policies is an underpinning measurement infrastructure that ensures that 
environmental data is robust and consistent across monitoring networks, across 
national borders and over time. 
As allowable pollutant levels decrease, and new types of pollutant are identified, 
measurement capabilities must be constantly improved to support robust and fit-
for-purpose pollutant monitoring and mitigation. This requires both improved 
measurement accuracy across the measurement infrastructure – at National 
Measurement Institutes, in accredited laboratories and in environmental monitoring 
networks – and the development of innovative, practical and cost-effective 
measurement technologies. 
NEW MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES TO PROTECT THE MARINE 
ENVIRONMENT 
Underwater noise from man-made activity, such as shipping or construction work, 
can have a profound effect on marine organisms such as whales, damaging their 
hearing or driving them from their native habitats. European directives are in place 
to protect the most vulnerable species, but no validated calibration methods were 
available for underwater measurement instruments in the sound range of greatest 
environmental concern. 
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IMPROVING INNER CITY AIR QUALITY 
Small particles from petrol and diesel engine exhausts create major hazards in city 
air, especially for those with asthma or other breathing problems. The EU‘s Air 
Quality Directive requires monitoring of airborne pollution which is 
important for assessing the effectiveness of strategies such as London‘s ultralow 
emission zone. Ensuring the accuracy of instruments used for measuring vehicle