Category Archives: Singapore

Forest-Fire Haze Harming Air Quality in Indonesia, Singapore

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Smog caused by slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia is continuing to foul air quality as far away as Singapore, with readings in some parts of Sumatra island deemed “very unhealthy.” A gauge of tiny air-pollution particles was at 344.90 as of … Continue reading →

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World Pollutionwatch: Fire can kill – far from the flames

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Vancouver is normally one of the world’s cleanest cities but this July its air resembled that in Beijing due to smoke and ash from forest fires over 200 kilometres away. Further fires along the western side of the US and … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Singapore, USA & Canada | Tagged Air Pollution, Canada, forest fire, Greece, HAZE, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Portugal, Russia, SGhaze, Singapore, Spain, Vancouver, wildfires | Leave a comment

Could controlling fire emissions in industrial plantations be key to improving air quality in Equatorial Asia?

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Researchers have combined satellite observations with atmospheric modelling to calculate how fires associated with industrial concessions in the Sumatra and Kalimantan regions of Indonesia affect air quality across Equatorial Asia. Researchers have combined satellite observations with atmospheric modelling to calculate … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Singapore | Tagged Air Pollution, HAZE, Indonesia, Kalimantan, SGhaze, Singapore, Sumatra | Leave a comment

How do fire emissions from industrial plantations affect air quality in Equatorial SEA?

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Researchers have combined satellite observations with atmospheric modelling to calculate how fires associated with industrial concessions in the Sumatra and Kalimantan regions of Indonesia affect air quality across Equatorial Asia. The findings, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Singapore | Tagged Air Pollution, HAZE, Indonesia, Kalimantan, SGhaze, Singapore, Sumatra, wood burning | Leave a comment

Air quality here still ‘moderate’

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The air quality has worsened slightly in Singapore and parts of Malaysia. In Singapore, the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit 79 at 12pm yesterday, up from 64 at 6am. As of 7pm, it was 67. The 24-hour PSI reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Singapore | Tagged Air Pollution, HAZE, Malaysia, Singapore | 1 Comment

South Korea reports seventh death from MERS virus

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

South Korea’s health ministry said on Tuesday a patient infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has died, becoming the seventh fatality in an outbreak that began in May. The ministry said there were eight new cases of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam | Tagged Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, World Heath Organization (WHO) | Leave a comment

REVIEW: Running in Haze

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

When I moved to Singapore in 2010, I knew little about haze and air pollution in general; I’d moved from London where the air wasn’t all that great either. In September 2010, we started to hear many residents of Singapore talking about … Continue reading →