Comparison Access to Odor Problems in Selected European Countries

Abstract

The effects of odor are not only annoying but can also cause serious health problems, resulting in an impact on the overall qualityof the environment.Most European jurisdictions classify odor as an atmospheric pollutant and regulate it at various levels of government. This papersummarizes the approach of selected European countries to this issue, comparison in terms of acceptable concentrations, comparisonof instruments used in individual countries, requirements for the application of BAT technologies that ultimately lead to thereduction of odor emissions. Further are described, the basic features of odors, units, methods of analysis and dispersion´s modeling,application of odor removal technologies, with emphasis in relation to the Czech Republic.