- Environment
- Brain Health
- Sleep Quality
- The Sonder Difference
Amsterdam air trends
PM2.5
PM2.5 refers to tiny particles, smaller than dust, which impacts health. PM2.5 levels change day-to-day and year-over-year, increasing long and short team health risks. PM2.5 occurs both indoors and outside.
PM2.5's small size allows them to enter the bloodstream once breathed in meaning that it can impact every body system.
The WHO says PM2.5 density in the air should not top 15 micrograms per cubic meter in any 24-hour period, or 5 mcg/m3 averaged across an entire year.
From 2014-2024, the average PM2.5 level in Amsterdam was 61.8mcg/m3.
The Central Nervous System
A recent study linked the impact of increased PM2.5, year-over-year with the first time hospitalizations for central nervous diseases.
1µg/m³ increase year-over year
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5µg/m³ increase year-over year
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Deeper sleep
Studies show that:
every 10µg/m³ PM2.5
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PM2.5 & Health
In the last decade, Amsterdam had four years where year-over-year PM2.5 levels impacted the central nervous system and sleep quality has been impacted every year.
From 2023 to 2024, PM2.5 has increased by an average of 1.3mg/m3 year-over-year, inflaming the nervous system and costing the average person 115 minutes of deep sleep each night.
Sonder, Health & the Environment
To combat this, Sonder has been working with ecologicca, removing toxins from the air to give their guests better sleep and healthier minds.
