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About Respro® UK Ltd

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

Respro® Masks FAQ: What filter do I need?

What filter do I need? You will need to determine what type of environment you will be using the mask in, a city environment or a countryside environment. Typically, if you are commuting every day with heavy or slow moving … Continue reading →

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Initiative to reduce air pollution

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers is set to launch an initiative to reduce air pollution at the Lumbini World Heritage Site. A high-level meeting held under Bhola Prasad Siwakoti, acting secretary of the OPMCM, has … Continue reading →

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Davos report highlights worsening global air quality

Air quality around the world is plummeting, according to the latest version of an annual report, issued at the Davos Summit over the weekend. Produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks performance in … Continue reading →

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India and China, Besieged by Air Pollution

The United States space agency published a map in September that showed how rates of premature deaths from air pollution vary around the world. It indicated that northern China has one of the worst rates, attributed to the density of … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s ‘most polluted streets’ identified

Friends of the Earth Scotland has published league tables which they claimed identify Scotland’s most polluted streets last year. Hope Street in central Glasgow is named as the area with the most serious nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution problem in the … Continue reading →

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More diseases from air pollution uncovered by improved data material

At rest, we breathe approx. 12-15 times per minute, and for each inhalation we change approx. one litre of air. Depending on the activity level, this makes up a daily quantity in the order of twenty cubic metres of air … Continue reading →

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Beijing to spend £76bn to improve air quality

In an attempt to clean up the smoggy air in the Chinese capital, Beijing’s authorities have introduced a new set of measures to cut emissions and allocated 760 billion yuan (£75.8 billion) to improve the city’s air quality by 2017. … Continue reading →

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Shipping Could Suffer From Land Air Pollution

There’s a lot of talk about how polluting air emissions from shipping can affect the health of people living in coastal regions. An estimated 200,000 people die prematurely. However, it’s not a one-way street. Extreme air pollution in Asia appears … Continue reading →

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