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‘Le Smog’ from Paris threatens London air quality as emissions forecast to drift north

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Paris was today urged to clean up its dirty air — to stop Londoners having to breathe it in. Environmental experts from King’s College London predicted emissions from the French capital were due to drift northwards and across the Channel … Continue reading →

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MPs to investigate London’s ‘invisible killer’ – the air we all breathe

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

MPs are to launch a new inquiry into air quality in London amid warnings that thousands of people are dying prematurely due to “invisible killer” pollution, The Standard reveals today. Just days after smog and sand whipped up from the … Continue reading →

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Danger in the air

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Early April’s mixture of air pollution and Saharan dust attracted considerable media attention but air pollution in mid-March was far worse. This prompted emergency measures in Paris and south Belgium including free public transport and car bans. No such actions … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Scotland ’caused 2,000 deaths’

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution may have been responsible for more than 2,000 deaths in Scotland in a single year, according to health professionals. Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said the highest number of deaths attributable to pollution in 2010 were in Glasgow (306) … Continue reading →

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Kensington and Chelsea is borough with most polluted air in UK

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Kensington and Chelsea has the most polluted air in the United Kingdom, with more than one in 12 of all deaths in the London borough attributable to tiny particles of soot largely emitted by diesel engines. The only other borough … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to one in 12 deaths in London – and it takes six months off the average Briton’s life expectancy

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution shortens the average Briton’s life expectancy by six months, with 1 in 12 deaths in some areas of the country partly attributable to poor quality air, health officials have said. In the most comprehensive warning yet over the health … Continue reading →

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More die of lung diseases in Wandsworth than national average – 4,000 remain undiagnosed

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

More people are dying of lung diseases in Wandsworth than the national average, and thousands remain undiagnosed with potentially fatal conditions according to health bosses. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an umbrella term for a number of respiratory diseases, make … Continue reading →

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Pollution brings spike in cases for respiratory physiotherapists

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

A combination of pollution and sand blown northwards from the Sahara caused several days of reduced air quality, with eastern England particularly blighted. Helen Jefford, specialist physiotherapist with Greenwich Community Health Services in London, part of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, … Continue reading →

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