Category Archives: Europe

London smog leaves babies in buggies ‘vulnerable’ to pollution, minister warns

Toddlers being pushed in buggies down London high streets are “vulnerable” to pollution blamed for thousands of premature deaths a year, a Cabinet minister warned today. Climate Change and Energy Secretary Ed Davey stressed parents had raised with him fears … Continue reading

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La Linea tops Spanish air pollution blacklist

IT’S a finding that won’t surprise anyone living in Gibraltar. A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report has found La Linea to have the worst air pollution in Spain. The Algeciras Bay is home to one of the country’s largest … Continue reading

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Finland swept by fine particle pollution

Air pollution experts report that Finland is on the receiving end of more than the usual amount of air pollution from eastern Europe. Air currents originating from the southeast are carrying particles of pollution from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, … Continue reading

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Paris pollution levels dropped during March’s car ban

EMERGENCY measures to fight March’s spike in pollution in Paris had a small but measurable effect, air-quality monitors in the capital have said. In a report published yesterday Airparif, the NGO that monitors air quality, revealed that the registration plate-based … Continue reading

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Air quality problems in Sheffield and Derbyshire exposed

People in Sheffield and Chesterfield are being exposed to unsafe levels of potentially deadly air pollution, a new report claims. They are among nine urban areas in the UK named by the World Health Organisation for breaching safe levels of … Continue reading

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Top 20 most polluted cities in the world

Air quality in most cities that monitor their pollution levels exceed what the World Health Organization deems as safe. Delhi has the highest level of the airborne particulate matter, PM2.5 considered most harmful to health, with 153 micrograms. Not far … Continue reading

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Walk away from kerb to avoid fumes in London, adviser urges

Londoners should keep away from the kerb as they walk along  busy roads to avoid traffic-polluted air blamed for thousands of premature deaths, a  Government adviser urged today. Dr Iarla Kilbane-Dawe said air pollution levels can be a third lower … Continue reading

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WHO names and shames UK cities breaching safe air pollution levels

British towns and cities have been named and shamed by the World Health Organisation for breaching safety levels for air pollution. Nine urban areas in the UK have been named by the global health body for breaching safe health levels … Continue reading

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