Category Archives: Africa

Cooking up clean air in Africa: Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

They’re little more than a pile of burning sticks with a stewpot atop them. But these open fires or basic cookstoves have been linked to the premature deaths of 4 million people annually, many of them young children. Three billion … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Becomes a Major Global Killer

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The economic growth that many nations in Asia and increasingly Africa have experienced over the past couple of decades has transformed hundreds of millions of lives — almost entirely for the better. But there’s a byproduct to that growth, one … Continue reading →

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Worldwide Air Pollution Rate Climbs Steeply

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The amount of heat-trapping pollution emitted in 2011 rose by three per cent compared with 2010. So scientists say it’s now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple of degrees, which is an international goal. The overwhelming … Continue reading →

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South Africa: Govt Needs to Be Tough on Air Polluters – Mabudafhasi

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Rusteburg — Air pollution is still a scourge confronting South Africa, says Water and Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi. “It’s a serious challenge. We know we are a developing country. Industrially, South Africa is developing very fast and all … Continue reading →

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Freakish air credited by coach for success of Ethiopia’s distance runners, such as Tariku Bekele

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

There is a tiny town in Ethiopia, several hours or several days from the capital, Addis Ababa, depending on how one travels. It is a place where legends are born, generation after generation, through a combination of a remarkable old … Continue reading →

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Diesel Engine Exhaust Carcinogenic

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The International Agency for Research on Cancer – IARC, which is part of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have classified diesel exhaust fumes as carcinogenic to humans, based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk of … Continue reading →

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