Category Archives: Air Quality

Clean air matters for a healthy brain: Research on air pollution and cognitive decline indicate cleaner air may reduce risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Two USC researchers whose work linked air pollution to a greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease and faster cognitive decline are seeing signs that cleaner air can make a difference in brain health. Cars and factories produce a fine particulate known … Continue reading →

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Excessively polluted air in Serbia at start of heating season

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

When data from the government’s measuring stations are compared to the World Health Organization’s new recommendations, the air in Serbia is excessively polluted almost everywhere it is monitored, even though the heating season is only beginning. Professor Vladimir Đurđević from … Continue reading →

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Years of exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise may raise heart failure risk

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise over the course of many years may be associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure, and the correlation appears to be even greater in people who are former smokers or … Continue reading →

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When the Western US burns, the East also gets sick

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

While most of the largest U.S. wildfires occur in the Western U.S., almost three-quarters of the smoke-related deaths and visits to the emergency room for asthma occur east of the Rocky Mountains. Smoke exposure, whether from wildfires or local burning, … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s 13 cities had ‘high air pollution’ in 2020

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

The aptly titled “Dark Report” from the non-profit Right to Clean Air Platform (THHP) based in Turkey paints a gloomy picture of air pollution in Turkey. The report, based on data from pollution measurement stations, says 13 provinces out of … Continue reading →

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Swiss air pollution exceeds new WHO guidelines

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

On 22 September 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) adjusted its healthy guidelines for key air pollutants. Switzerland now regularly exceeds maximum guidelines for several pollutants. According to WHO, exposure to air pollution is estimated to cause 7 million premature … Continue reading →

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Europe’s industrial air pollution costing hundreds of billions: EEA

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution from industries in Europe causes health and environmental damage estimated at up to €430 billion for a single year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said Wednesday (29 September). In 2017, industrial air pollution cost society between €277 billion … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to nearly 6 million premature births in 2019, study finds

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

A new study released Tuesday from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Washington found air pollution likely caused millions of babies to be born prematurely and under a healthy weight in 2019. Babies who are born with … Continue reading →

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