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WHO Warns Beijing Residents of Hazardous Pollution Risk

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on China to improve its air quality and urged residents of Beijing to stay indoors as the capital city suffered a sixth day of hazardous-level air pollution. Bernhard Schwartländer, the organization’s China chief, … Continue reading →

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China’s toxic air pollution resembles nuclear winter, say scientists

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Chinese scientists have warned that the country’s toxic air pollution is now so bad that it resembles a nuclear winter, slowing photosynthesis in plants – and potentially wreaking havoc on the country’s food supply. Beijing and broad swaths of six … Continue reading →

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Air pollution worst in 18 years in shopping areas

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Hong Kong’s core business and shopping districts of Central, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok were enveloped in dangerously high air pollution levels for a combined total of more than 184 days last year, according to research by Friends of the … Continue reading →

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China Strengthens Monitoring as Beijing’s Air Pollution Persists

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing’s air pollution reached eight times World Health Organization-recommended levels as smog in the city persisted for a fourth day, prompting China’s environmental protection regulator to send inspection teams to the capital and surrounding areas. The concentration of PM2.5, fine … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Beijing has made the city ‘almost uninhabitable for human beings’

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Severe pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital ‘barely suitable’ for living, according to an official report, as the world’s second-largest economy tries to reduce often hazardous levels of smog caused by decades of rapid growth. The research released … Continue reading →

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Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory morbidities among Chinese children: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The chronic health effects from exposure to ambient air pollution are still unclear. This study primarily aims to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory morbidities in Chinese children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted … Continue reading →

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‘Delhi air pollution higher than Beijing’ report denied

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The head of an environment measurement index has denied media reports suggesting it found air quality in the Indian capital, Delhi, to be worse than the China’s capital, Beijing. The Environmental Preference Index did not rank cities as it did … Continue reading →

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India and China, Besieged by Air Pollution

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The United States space agency published a map in September that showed how rates of premature deaths from air pollution vary around the world. It indicated that northern China has one of the worst rates, attributed to the density of … Continue reading →

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