Category Archives: Europe

Rome will ban diesel cars by 2024

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Rome, one of Europe’s most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the center by 2024, its mayor said. Virginia Raggi announced the decision on her Facebook page … Continue reading →

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Brussels to make public transport free on high air pollution days

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

The new rules will also see car speed limits cut and wood-burning stoves banned in a drive to improve air quality in the city Brussels has moved to make the city’s public transport and bike share system free on the … Continue reading →

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Smog Monday: Paris air pollution levels to hit dangerous high

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Ile-de-France authorities have warned that bad weather and rising air pollution levels will expose Parisians to an alarming upsurge in fine-particle matter this Monday. Paris is set to officially surpass the “warning” threshold for poor air quality. According to Airparif, … Continue reading →

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Nine states censured by EU over illegally high air pollution levels

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

400,000 Europeans die prematurely every year from air pollution. The Czech Republic is one of nine EU states summoned to Brussels recently to explain what they’re doing about illegally high pollution levels. Officials from the nine, including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Turkey’s Bursa reaches alarming levels

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in the western province of Bursa has reached alarming levels, posing risks to human health, the latest data from the Environment and Urbanization Ministry’s Air Quality Index has shown. The rising consumption of coal due to winter plays … Continue reading →

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London reaches legal air pollution limit just one month into the new year

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Timing is a significant improvement, due in part to mayor’s measures, but campaigners say national government must ‘get a grip’ on toxic air Air pollution in London has reached the legal limit for the whole of 2018 less than a month … Continue reading →

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London schools to be alerted on high air pollution days

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Schools in London will receive an alert every time air pollution in the capital is set to pose an acute risk to health as part of a renewed push to highlight the scale of the capital’s toxic pollution crisis. Air … Continue reading →

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Italian cities top smog index as EU ministers face air pollution grilling

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pressure has increased on Italy’s environment minister ahead of a crucial meeting in Brussels after the World Health Organisation revealed that three Italian cities are the worst in Europe in terms of air pollution and smog. Turin, Milan and Naples … Continue reading →

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