Category Archives: Air Quality

California named state with the worst air quality (again) 

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

High ozone levels and a quickly growing population are making it tough to implement regulations to reduce pollution, says a professor. The quality of the air in California may be improving, but it’s still dire. That’s according to the American … Continue reading →

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Air quality action plan for Kathmandu soon 

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

The government is preparing an action plan to tackle air pollution in Kathmandu Valley. The Air Quality Management Action Plan for Kathmandu Valley is being finalised and will soon be launched, said Durga Prasad Dawadi, director general at the Department … Continue reading →

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Wildfires pollute much more than previously thought: Data from flights through plumes reveal three times the fine particle levels than officially inventoried 

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Wildfires are major polluters. Their plumes are three times as dense with aerosol-forming fine particles as previously believed. For the first time, researchers have flown an orchestra of modern instruments through brutishly turbulent wildfire plumes to measure their emissions in … Continue reading →

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BMW’s Hometown Munich Mulls Diesel Ban to Fight Air Pollution

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

BMW AG’s hometown of Munich is considering outlawing older diesel cars, the latest European city to crack down amid mounting evidence that the technology’s not that clean after all. BMW AG’s hometown of Munich is considering outlawing older diesel cars, … Continue reading →

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Side street routes to avoid city pollution can cut exposure by half 

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Clean air signposts and online walking maps to sidestep diesel fumes would benefit public health, finds study Taking a side street route when walking through a city cuts a person’s air pollution exposure by half, according to a new study. … Continue reading →

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Volcanic ‘plumerang’ could impact human health 

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

A new study has found a previously undetected potential health risk from the high concentration of small particles found in a boomerang-like return of a volcanic plume. A team of scientists, led by Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya at the University of … Continue reading →

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Air pollution more harmful to children in cars than outside, warns top scientist 

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exclusive: Walking or cycling to school is better for children’s health as cars are ‘boxes collecting toxic gases’ says David King Children are at risk of dangerous levels of air pollution in cars because exposure to toxic air is often … Continue reading →

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With particles, size really matters 

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

In 1996, the Scottish scientist Anthony Seaton put forward a new theory about the health problems from modern air pollution. Throughout our evolution, we have always lived with dusts, but Seaton suggested that the problems from modern air pollution were … Continue reading →

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