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About Respro® UK Ltd

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

Scotland’s city streets failing European air quality standards

AIR pollution levels have dropped across Scotland but numerous city streets are still failing European air quality standards, new figures showed yesterday. Latest statistics from the Scottish Government revealed that since 1990 emissions of harmful substances have reduced by as … Continue reading

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FAQ: How do the Sportsta™ and City™ filters differ?

How do the Sportsta™ and City™ filters differ? Each filters type has a primary use in a specific environment. 1. The City filter uses Dynamic Activated Charcoal Cloth (DACC) a 95% pure charcoal weave, originally developed by the U.K. Ministry of … Continue reading

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Asia’s mega-cities urged to think green

Asian urbanization still has a long way to go, with the number and size of cities getting ever larger. In 2010, the urban share of Asia’s population was still only 43 per cent, compared to 52 per cent worldwide. By … Continue reading

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You Can Literally Hear What Pollution Sounds Like

In the flat lands of California’s Central Valley, oil pumps obscured by waving lines of fuel-richened air dip and rise on the horizon. Two hundred miles to the north and west, aging eighteen-wheelers pound through an urban bypass tunnel, staining … Continue reading

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FAQ: What filters do I need for the X-treme™ masks?

What filters do I need for the X-treme™ masks? Essentially the filters in the X-treme™ function in the same way as the City™ and Sportsta™ filters do. The X-treme™ mask for sports utilises the particulate filtration ability of the Sportsta™ … Continue reading

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Suburb fumes over air pollution

COMMUNITY representatives in Broomhill are to keep up the pressure for traffic improvements and action to tackle air pollution in the suburb and shopping centre. They meet next week when they will consider the results of a symposium that heard … Continue reading

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London Games least polluted Olympics in recent times

Favourable weather and good planning avoided major air pollution problems during the Olympics, prompting the University of Manchester to suggest that the London Games may have been the least polluted Olympics in recent times. Good news, but the Games were … Continue reading

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America’s 10 Most Polluted States

Half of all industrial toxic air pollution comes from power plants, and 6,700 power plants and heavy industries are responsible for 80 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Coal- and oil-fired power plants contribute 44 percent … Continue reading

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