Category Archives: Asia

Beijing to invest 16.54 bn yuan to tackle air pollution in 2016

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Beijing plans to invest 16.54 billion yuan to tackle the air pollution and sets a target to reduce average annual PM2.5 concentration by 5 percent this year, according to the municipal government work report released Saturday. According to the annual … Continue reading →

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Three maps that show just how bad air pollution is in Britain and around the world

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that air pollution now constitutes a “public health emergency” across the world. Eight days into 2016, London breached its own legal limit for air pollution for the entire year. Under regulations, the … Continue reading →

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Pacific air pollution traced to Africa and Asia

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Burning down forests in Africa and South-East Asia causes ozone pollution in the air as far as the western Pacific Ocean, researchers say, calling for revision of global climate models to reflect their findings. In a paper published in Nature … Continue reading →

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What is China doing to tackle its air pollution? 

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The air in much of China is so bad the government has repeatedly declared “war” on it. The enemy are tiny particulates which spew forth from countless cars, coal-fired power stations and steel plants to create a dense, putty-coloured smog. … Continue reading →

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From London to Delhi, air pollution kills. Why do we do nothing? 

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution in some world cities is more than 12 times higher than safe levels. Maybe it explains why residents aren’t taking to the streets to complain After a week in Kolkata, blessed with mellow sunsets created by the yellowy haze … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: a dark cloud of filth poisons the world’s cities 

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The number of annual deaths caused by pollution around the world is now greater than malaria and HIV combined, according to a recent study, with scientists warning that fatalities could reach 6 million a year by 2050 During these cold … Continue reading →

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Mumbai’s air swings between ‘poor’ and ‘severe’ 

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Mumbai’s air quality differs in different pockets because of variable topography, wind movement and factors such as vehicular density, industries, biomass burning, bakeries, construction, garbage dump sites On Sunday, Mumbaikars woke up to poor air quality. At 10 a.m., the … Continue reading →

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Coughing much? Hong Kong suffers bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong 

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

But environmental campaigners say pollution cannot be solely blamed on mainland sources Hong Kong has seen a bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong – but pollutants from the mainland are not solely to blame, environmental campaigners say. … Continue reading →

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