Category Archives: Europe

As air pollution in Swedish cities goes down, life expectancy goes up

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

New research has found that those living in the Swedish cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö live on average one year longer today than 25 years ago, thanks to a decrease in the level of traffic pollution. Carried out by … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Sofia, other Bulgarian cities hugely exceeded norms several times this winter

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

In Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, air pollution norms were exceeded 70 times in the heating period from October 2017 to March 2018, citizens’ initiative AirBG.info told a news conference on April 4, the eve of the first anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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Major link between air pollution and childhood asthma in Bradford, study finds

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

The study adds to ‘overwhelming evidence’ that air pollution is harming children, it is claimed. Air pollution may be responsible for nearly 40% of childhood asthma cases in a northern city that was at the centre of the Industrial Revolution, … Continue reading →

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Sweden gives green light for cities to ban old diesel cars

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Sweden’s towns will soon be allowed to ban old diesel engines from their town centres in an effort to improve the environment and combat air pollution, the government announced on Friday. Sweden’s centre-left Social Democrat-Green coalition government did not impose … Continue reading →

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Pollutionwatch: Cold snap worsens particle load of air

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Particle pollution increases as the wind slows down and chilly weather prompts the lighting of more wood fires The last days of the “beast from the east” cold spell caused air pollution problems across large parts of the UK, Germany, Belgium … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in the south 20 times above safe levels

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in the south of Malta has been more than 20 times above safe levels for the last week, according to European Environment Agency data. Experts who spoke to the Times of Malta, however, could not pinpoint an immediate … Continue reading →

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Old Cars Bringing More Air Pollution to Croatia

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

When it comes to the impact of transport on air quality in Europe, cars in the Czech Republic, Poland and Estonia fare the worst and they are labelled by the Eco Experts organisation as the most toxic drivers, while Croatia … Continue reading →

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Public at risk from ‘daily cocktail of pollution’

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

  People are being exposed to a daily cocktail of pollution that may be having a significant impact on their health, England’s chief medical officer says. Prof Dame Sally Davies said the impact of air, light and noise pollution was … Continue reading →

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