MINSK, 14 January (BelTA) - Yelena Melnik, Head of the Environmental Information Service at the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Pollution Control, and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet), has presented preliminary results of the atmospheric air monitoring for the past year, BelTA has learned.
“The overall picture is stable. The state of the air in most of the country’s industrial centers remains satisfactory. The pollution level in cities with continuous monitoring is most often assessed as very good, good, or moderate,” Yelena Melnik said.
The head of Belhydromet’s Environmental Information Service pointed out that, despite the overall stability, some problematic areas were registered in 2025. Exceedances of solid particulate matter (dust) levels were recorded in Gomel, Brest, and Vitebsk. Peak values reached up to 3.5 times the maximum permissible concentration in Vitebsk. To combat dust, municipal services have increased road watering.
Exceedances of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) norms were recorded in 19% of cases in Zhlobin, which stands out for this indicator. However, the annual level has slightly decreased compared to 2024.
Exceedances of the average annual nitrogen dioxide concentration were noted in Mogilev and Zhlobin. Exceedances for formaldehyde were recorded in eight cities, but their number has significantly decreased compared to previous years, likely due to a cooler and more unsettled summer. Exceedances of ground-level ozone standards, associated with natural causes and hot weather, were most frequently registered in Brest, Grodno, Novopolotsk, Polotsk, and Mogilev.
Yelena Melnik emphasized that in 2025 no exceedances of hygienic standards were recorded in Soligorsk, Baranovichi, Orsha, Bobruisk, Borisov, Lida, Rechitsa, Mozyr, and Svetlogorsk. The level of air pollution by such hazardous substances as benz(a)pyrene, lead, and cadmium remains consistently low in most cities.
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