Category Archives: Europe

Air pollution will kill 200,000 people in the UK in the next five years 

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

As Greenpeace stages protests in London, we reveal the 16 ​regions around the UK where lives lost to pollution are on the increase Greenpeace protesters scaled 17 of London’s most famous statues yesterday to raise public awareness of the dangers … Continue reading →

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More than 1,000 diesel cars caught without pollution filter, figures show 

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Government urged to crack down on rogue practice of garages removing compulsory diesel particulate filters from vehicles More than a thousand diesel cars have been caught without an essential pollution filter that traps deadly particles, according to government figures. But … Continue reading →

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Air pollution and climate change top French environmental concerns 

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The French General Commission on Sustainable Development (CGDD) has published its annual study on France’s environmental concerns. Air quality has become a more prominent issue than ever before. EurActiv’s partner Journal de l’Environnement reports. French citizens ranked air quality as … Continue reading →

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‘Air pollution more concerning than gang violence in central London’ 

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution is now the top issue of concern among residents in London’s historic centre, town hall chiefs revealed today. A fifth of people named it in a survey in Westminster as a very or fairly big problem — more … Continue reading →

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The rites and wrongs of spring 

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Last month, scientists from 12 European countries gathered in a Paris suburb to watch a spring phenomenon. They were not disappointed. Once again, western Europe was enveloped in particle pollution. The Parisian pollution warning service was activated on 11 March. … Continue reading →

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Sahara dust only ‘partly responsible’ for UK’s worst pollution event in 10 years 

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Thin film of red dust enveloping parts of country for two weeks in 2014 came mostly from farms in mainland Europe and local emissions, study says Britain’s most serious air pollution event in the past 10 years was only partly … Continue reading →

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Huge cruise ships will worsen London air pollution, campaigners warn 

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Resident groups mounting a high court challenge to plans for a new wharf in Greenwich say diesel emissions from docked liners would breach legal limits Toxic fumes from large cruise liners powered by giant diesel engines will worsen London’s air pollution … Continue reading →

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University “shed” could hold the key to fighting deadly and tiny air pollution particles 

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

THIS humble shed could hold the key to fighting ultra fine deadly pollution particles. The Argus was among a small select group of media invited to look round the University of Brighton‘s ground-breaking air-pollution monitoring station at their Falmer campus … Continue reading →

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