Category Archives: Air Quality

London reaches legal air pollution limit just one month into the new year

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Timing is a significant improvement, due in part to mayor’s measures, but campaigners say national government must ‘get a grip’ on toxic air Air pollution in London has reached the legal limit for the whole of 2018 less than a month … Continue reading →

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London schools to be alerted on high air pollution days

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Schools in London will receive an alert every time air pollution in the capital is set to pose an acute risk to health as part of a renewed push to highlight the scale of the capital’s toxic pollution crisis. Air … Continue reading →

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CRACOVIA X RESPRO® MASKS

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Respro® Masks are proud sponsors of Kraków football club MKS CRACOVIA . Watch Polish first league football club MKS Cracovia wearing their custom made pollution masks during training. With special thanks to Respro® Poland.     For more information in … Continue reading →

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Italian cities top smog index as EU ministers face air pollution grilling

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pressure has increased on Italy’s environment minister ahead of a crucial meeting in Brussels after the World Health Organisation revealed that three Italian cities are the worst in Europe in terms of air pollution and smog. Turin, Milan and Naples … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to irregular menstrual cycles

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

The air your teenage daughter breathes may be causing irregular menstrual cycles. Well documented negative health effects from air pollution exposure include infertility, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome. This study is the first to show that exposure to air … Continue reading →

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Bangkok residents brace for worse pollution

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Bangkok’s air pollution which exceeds health safety levels has improved but it could worsen at the end of next month, according to the Department of Pollution Control (DPC). The pollution in the capital has improved after getting worse over the … Continue reading →

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Bangkok air pollution at harmful levels

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Bangkok’s air pollution exceeded health safety levels on five of the last eight days, brought on by still and stagnant air, the Pollution Control Department reported on Thursday. The amount of fine particulates up to 2.5 micrometres in diameter had … Continue reading →

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Air pollution tied to preterm births in China

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Chinese mothers who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution during pregnancy may be more likely to deliver preterm infants than women who live where the air is cleaner, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data on more than … Continue reading →

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