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About Respro® UK Ltd

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

Pollution alerts on your commute

Urban cyclists breathe in more than twice the amount of harmful soot pedestrians do says London study via AirTEXT: sign up for pollution alerts on your commute | road.cc | Road cycling news, Bike reviews, Commuting, Leisure riding, Sportives and … Continue reading →

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Urban exercise: beat the smog

Theres nothing sweeter than the smug feeling that youre getting the better of the rat race. While your fellow commuters struggle in on the bus, you sail by on your bike or jog along overtaking them at every traffic jam … Continue reading →

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PM10 in Sheperd’s Bush

Last week the new monitoring site at Shepherds Bush Green become the third London monitoring site this year to measure more than 35 days with mean PM10 above 50 ug m-3, thereby exceeding the UK Air Quality Strategy objective. In … Continue reading →

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Lungs of London schoolchildren “damaged by poor air quality”

Early findings of research into the impact of poor air quality shows that it is reducing the lung capacity of schoolchildren in London, writes Steve Eminton. The lung capacity of schoolchildren in some London boroughs is being reduced through living … Continue reading →

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Gas from pollutants, forest fires at potentially toxic levels

Forest fires and emission of air pollutants, which include fumes from vehicles running on diesel and slow burning of coal and charcoal, release isocyanic acid in the troposphere. In 2011, scientists first detected isocyanic acid in the ambient atmosphere at … Continue reading →

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Government urged to tackle London’s “invisible” air pollution crisis

A Policy Exchange calls for major information campaign and changes to congestion zone to tackle deadly air pollution Red labels on the most polluting cars and an end to congestion charge concessions for diesel cars are just two of the … Continue reading →

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Air pollution rising in Dhaka

Traffic congestion in the capital and smoke from brick kilns are the main reasons for air pollution in Dhaka city, according to the World Bank and the Bangladesh government. The Ministry of Environment and Forests says that vehicles in Dhaka … Continue reading →

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Expert paints bleak air pollution picture to childrens asthma group

While politicians like to tout improvements in pollution and air quality, thats not the world that scientists like John Froines see.”Air pollution is not getting better, its getting worse,” said Froines, a retired UCLA professor and director of the Southern … Continue reading →

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