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In 2014\u20132017, a total of 62 duplicate samples were collected in the coastal towns of Hel, Puck, Gdynia, Sopot, and Gda\u0144sk-Brze\u017ano. In 2018, after the emergency disposal of raw sewage, 26 air samples were collected. A Pearson chi-squared test of independence showed that during 2018 in Hel and Sopot, the mean number of molds and yeast-like fungi was higher than in 2014\u20132017. The result was significantly positive, p \u2264 2.22 \u00d7 10\u221216. The analysis of the General Asymptotic Symmetry Test showed that in Puck and Gda\u0144sk-Brze\u017ano, the average number of Aspergillus sp. mold fungi was higher in 2018 after an emergency discharge of sewage into the Gulf of Gda\u0144sk compared to the period 2014\u20132017. The result was not statistically significant. In addition, the average number of Penicillium sp. molds in 2018 in Gda\u0144sk-Brze\u017ano was higher than in 2014\u20132017, but statistically insignificant (p = 0.9593). 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