Category Archives: Air Quality

Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Australian Megafires

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Models suggest that thousands of Australians experienced dangerous levels of air pollution for several months, leading to more than a hundred deaths. From October 2019 to February 2020, fire ripped through the Australian bush with unprecedented intensity, killing 34 people … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: One in 12 child asthma cases linked to nitrogen dioxide exposure

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Researchers estimate that 1.85 million new childhood asthma cases in 2019 were linked with exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic gas released by diesel vehicles About one in 12 new child asthma cases worldwide are associated with exposure to a … Continue reading →

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The Lancet Planetary Health: 1.8 million excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019, modelling study suggests

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

A new modelling study finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (or 2. 5 billion people) are exposed to annual average levels of fine particulate matter exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline from 2005. A second study … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: US wildfires now lead to air pollution events affecting millions

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

The simultaneous occurence of extreme levels of ozone and particulate matter have increased significantly in the past decade due to wildfires in the western US The area of the western US hit by the unusually high co-occurrence of two air … Continue reading →

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Air pollution high in NE Hungary

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality has deteriorated in north-east Hungary due to a high concentration of airborne particles, the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said on Monday. NNK declared air quality to be “dangerous” in Sajószentpéter and Kazincbarcika, while air quality has deteriorated … Continue reading →

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Chemical Air Pollution Morphs Into Something Even More Toxic, Study Shows

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Remnants of industrial chemicals in the air can potentially transform into new substances more toxic and persistent than the original pollution, according to a global study published on Wednesday. Using samples gathered around the world, the study published in Nature … Continue reading →

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Air Pollutants And Meteorological Variables Influence Pollen Concentration: Study

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Scientists have found that air pollutants influence pollen concentration and different types of pollens have a unique response to weather conditions. Pollens remain suspended in the air and form part of the air we breathe. When inhaled by humans, they … Continue reading →

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Islamabad’s air pollution reaches record highest

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Federal capital’s air pollution reaches record highest, reveals the 24 hours ambient air quality report of Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA)’s on Wednesday. According to the report, increased ratio of environmental pollutants causing bad air and degraded atmosphere leading to … Continue reading →

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