Erratum to: Global standards for global health in a globalized economy!

Erratum to: Int J Public Health DOI 10.1007/s00038-015-0729-0

Unfortunately, the table shows the past rather than the current long-term air quality standards for the USA. As of 2015, the US has no federal annual mean standard for PM10 whereas the PM2.5 standard has been set at 12 µg/m³.

China has partially set stricter long-term targets for PM in larger cities which will be valid nationwide by 2016 (70 µg PM10/m³ and 35 µg PM2.5/m³).

Country or agency	PM10 µg m−3	PM2.5 µg m−3
Reference: WHO	20	10
Africa
Kenya	50	35
South Africa	50	25
Tanzania	60–90	N/A
Central America
Costa Rica	50	N/A
El Salvador	50	15
Jamaica	50	N/A
Nicaragua	50	N/A
Panama	50	N/A
Dominican Republic	50	15
North America
Canada	N/A	10
>British Columbia	N/A	10
Mexico	40	12
Puerto Rico	N/A	15
USA	N/A	12
>California	20	12
South America
>Buenos Aires	50	15
Bolivia	50	N/A
>La Paz	20	10
Brazil	50	N/A
Chile	50	20
Colombia	50	25
Ecuador	50	15
Peru	50	N/A
Venezuela	50	N/A
Asia/Oceania
Australia	N/A	8
Bangladesh	50	15
China (residential areas)	70	35
Hong Kong SAR	55	N/A
India	60	40
Iran	20	10
Israel	50	25
Japan	N/A	15
Malaysia	50	N/A
Philippines	60	N/A
Republic of Korea	50	N/A
Singapore	N/A	15
South Korea	50	25
Sri Lanka	50	25
Taiwan	65	N/A
Thailand	50	25
Uzbekistan	50	N/A
Vietnam	50	25
Europe
EU	40	25
Switzerland	20	(10 under consideration)
Turkey	60	N/A

1. Standards set in bold are within 20 % of the science-based values as proposed by WHO to protect public health
2. N/A or countries not listed: no policies could be identified. For other national air quality standards and for references to the National policies: see the website of Ludok at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (http://ludok.swisstph.ch)—“Grenzwerte”