Author Archives: Respro® UK Ltd

Unknown's avatar

About Respro® UK Ltd

Respro® Masks: Cycle masks, motorcycle masks and allergy masks. External wear for internal protection.

Air pollution at this level for 10 more years will put a generation at risk 

The courts must be involved: the quality of air our children breathe is too important to be decided in secret by ministers and the motor trade When I was eight years old, I used to hold my breath when I … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mumbai’s air swings between ‘poor’ and ‘severe’ 

Mumbai’s air quality differs in different pockets because of variable topography, wind movement and factors such as vehicular density, industries, biomass burning, bakeries, construction, garbage dump sites On Sunday, Mumbaikars woke up to poor air quality. At 10 a.m., the … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, India | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Drivers May Pay for Next Step in Fight Against Air Pollution

Some U.S. drivers may soon see a new expense at the gas pump: the cost of taking the global-warming fight on the road. New York and four other states are exploring ways to put a price on the air pollution … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, USA & Canada | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Coughing much? Hong Kong suffers bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong 

But environmental campaigners say pollution cannot be solely blamed on mainland sources Hong Kong has seen a bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong – but pollutants from the mainland are not solely to blame, environmental campaigners say. … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Diesel fumes ‘biggest health catastrophe since Black Death’ as London exceeds yearly air pollution levels 

Diesel exhaust fumes are causing the biggest health catastrophe since the Black Death, a campaign group has claimed, as new figures show air pollution limits for the whole year have been breached in just eight days in London. European Union … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

London takes just one week to breach annual air pollution limits 

Parts of the capital have already breached EU hourly limits for nitrogen dioxide pollution which causes thousands of premature deaths each year London has already breached annual pollution limits just one week into 2016, and only weeks after the government … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Beijing imposed $28 million in pollution fines last year 

Beijing’s environmental watchdog levied fines totalling about 183 million yuan ($27.76 million) for violations of pollution laws in the Chinese capital last year, the state news agency Xinhua said on Friday. The agency did not offer a comparative full-year figure, … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Bergen restricts driving to ease air pollution

The New Year got off to a smoggy start in Norway’s West Coast city of Bergen. It’s best known for lots of rain and wind, but the stillness of cold winter days this week set off air pollution alarms that … Continue reading

Posted in Air Quality, Europe | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment