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TL;DR: In Milan (MI), the largest city in Northern Italy, the annually average PM2.5 concentration is above 25 μg m(-3), the value that the EU established as a target for 2010, and the upper limit from 2015 onwards (2008/30/CE).

TL;DR: In this paper, the European Commission Joint Research Center, IHCP, Via E. Fermi 2749, Ispra (VA) 21020, Italy, (3) Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari.

Abstract: OUTDOOR AND INDOOR CONCENTRATIONS Bisphenol A [2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane] (BPA) is an industrial chemical, a monomer of the polycarbonate plastics and a precursor for a variety of epoxide resins. The high quantities supplied by industries and in use have produced accumulation of BPA in different environmental compartments, and atmospheric BPA is ubiquitous (Fu P. et Kawamura K., 2010) BPA is a likely endocrine-disrupting compound (EDCs) (Matsushima et al., 2007; Matsumoto et al., 2005); The consideration of exposure to EDCs is critical in study of health effects, particularly in relation to indoor environments, which have been identified as an important source of chemical exposures. People spend a large fraction of their time indoor, and indoor sources of chemicals, coupled with limited ventilation and slow chemical degradation processes, cause increased pollutant concentrations indoor. European Aerosol Conference 2011, 5-9 Sep 2011, Manchester UK