Category Archives: Air Quality

Over 1,500 deaths a year in Ireland due to poor air quality

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

IRISH air is quietly killing its people. A new report by the Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that Ireland has repeatedly breached air pollution standards set by the World Health Organization and that these breaches have resulted in over 1500 premature … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Pakistan and Indian causing accidents and illness

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

SMOG has enveloped most of Pakistan and India, causing road accidents and respiratory problems. Pakistani meteorologist Mohammad Hanif said yesterday that the pollution, caused by the burning of crops and emissions from factories and brick kilns in Pakistan and neighbouring … Continue reading →

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China’s capital issues orange alert for upcoming smog

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing issued its first orange smog alert ahead of winter on Friday, forecasting heavy air pollution over the next four days, the second-highest alert in China’s four-tier emergency response system. Vehicles with National I and II emission standards and trucks … Continue reading →

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Air pollution may up mortality risk beyond lung cancer

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution represents a complex mixture of a broad range of carcinogenic and mutagenic substances that may play a role in chronic systemic inflammation, oxidative stress and DNA damage in tissues that could ultimately prove fatal. Air pollution can increase … Continue reading →

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Dust Storms Blanket Khuzestan, Western Iran

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Schools were closed across parts of Iran amid severe dust storms that prompted officials to release “red alert” warnings as the concentration of dust and particles in the air has soared above safe levels. Several cities in the oil-rich province … Continue reading →

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How dangerous is the air where you live? UK’s most polluted towns and cities revealed

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Research suggests the air in 44 out of 51 British towns and cities has failed pollution tests – posing a risk to human health. Millions of people in the UK are inhaling air considered too dangerous to breathe by the … Continue reading →

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Mongolia’s deadly air pollution chokes the ‘Land of Eternal Blue Sky’

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

A combination of extreme winter temperatures, poor infrastructure and urban sprawl in the Mongolian capital has created one of the worst cases of air pollution in the world At the end of a bright autumn day in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, … Continue reading →

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Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

When exposed in a laboratory to pollution levels comparable to those found in the atmosphere of the Amazon region during the forest and crop burning season, human lung cells suffer severe DNA damage and stop dividing. After 72 hours of … Continue reading →

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