Category Archives: Air Quality

High levels of air pollution found in Northern Ireland

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

High levels of air pollution have been detected in Northern Ireland, the Department of the Environment said. The Newry area has recorded the highest pollution, with moderate levels noted in Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Lisburn, North Down and Londonderry. The problem … Continue reading →

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UK air quality data ‘more robust’ than in Europe

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Report suggests the approach used by the UK to compile air quality data may be resulting in greater numbers of EU air pollution exceedances in comparison to other European countries The approach used to measure levels of nitrogen dioxide in … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Linked To Early Death Heart Attack Survivors, Study Shows

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution increases the chances of heart attack survivors dying early, research has shown. Higher levels of tiny sooty particles in the air led to more deaths among patients after they had left hospital. Experts monitored more than 154,000 patients … Continue reading →

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Links between ozone levels and cardiac arrest analyzed

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Researchers at Rice University in Houston have found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and levels of air pollution and ozone. Their work has prompted more CPR training in at-risk communities. At the same AAAS symposium, Rice environmental engineer … Continue reading →

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Chinese struggle through ‘airpocalypse’ smog

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Hu Li’s heart sank when she realised that she could gauge how close she was to home by the colour of the air. Driving 140 kilometres from Tianjin City to Beijing last week, she held her breath as the chalky-white … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Tracked By Planes Means Better Satellite Air-Quality Monitoring

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Anyone who’s ever driven down Interstate 5 in central California’s Kern County knows about the smell. The one that penetrates cars despite closed vents and windows. Wafting from an adjacent cattle ranch, the largest on the West Coast, the well-known … Continue reading →

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Air pollution fifth leading cause of death in India: Study

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India after high blood pressure, indoor air pollution, tobacco smoking and poor nutrition, with about 620,000 premature deaths occurring from air pollution-related diseases. Like China, India faces an unprecedented public … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson’s sticky pollution solution shown to be a £1.4m failure

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Boris Johnson has spent £1.43m “gluing” pollution from vehicles to London’s roads using a method that air-quality experts have found does not work. In 2010 Transport for London started a trial using dust suppressants – calcium magnesium acetate (CMA) – … Continue reading →

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