@misc{Kuchcik_Magdalena._Autor_Zanieczyszczenie_2020, author={Kuchcik, Magdalena. Autor}, volume={92}, number={1}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license}, address={Warszawa}, journal={Przegląd Geograficzny}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={IGiPZ PAN}, language={pol}, abstract={Health resorts beside mineral water and muds should provide the best air quality which enables climatotherapy conducted in the open air. However the air in health resorts is polluted by particulate matter PM10, PM2.5 and benzo(a)pyrene the same as the rest of Poland – the most polluted European country. In Poland there are 45 statutory health resorts, 1 organized in underground salt mine excavation and 8 towns with a status of a spa protection area. In the years 2010-2018 permanent monitoring of PM10 was conducted only in 14 Polish spas and among them only in 5 since 2010. PM2.5 and B(a)P is measured in even less number of stations. The paper analyses the values of the average annual concentration of pollutants, the number of days with permissible levels, the annual courses but also the reasons for this state. A large part of the causes of poor air conditions are due to the lack of a state policy promoting renewable energy sources and "clean" technologies, maintenance and co-financing of unprofitable coal mines, but also because of ordinary poverty, and often the lack of reflection and knowledge about fatal consequences of the burning things that should never be burned at low temperatures. There are many more problems, but first of all without abandoning coal heating, without a wise state policy, spa municipalities cannot cope alone with the problem of air pollution.}, type={Text}, title={Zanieczyszczenie powietrza w uzdrowiskach polskich – problem gmin uzdrowiskowych oraz kuracjuszy = Air pollution in Polish health resorts – a problem for both local authorities and patients}, URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/125093/PDF/WA51_157250_r2020-t92-nr1_Przeg-Geogr-Kuchcik.pdf}, keywords={suspended particulates, benzo(a)pyrene, health resorts, climatotherapy, low emission}, }