Category Archives: UK

Glasgow pollution levels unrecorded as equipment lies broken

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Campaigners say residents are at risk as levels of pollution in Glasgow go unrecorded when monitoring equipment breaks down. Environmental groups have warned that lives are being put at risk and are calling for urgent action to make sure pollution … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

An Interactive Air-Pollution Map

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of every eight total deaths in the world. Air quality has gotten worse over the last decade, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Latin America, London, Middle East, UK, USA & Canada, World News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Air pollution needs more monitoring, says GMB union

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Councils must work to improve the monitoring of urban air quality after research suggested some UK workers were being exposed to “dangerous” pollution levels, the GMB union has said. Street cleaners and parking staff were among those most at risk, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, London, UK | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Congestion increasing Sheffield air pollution threat

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

There are claims that worsening air pollution in Sheffield caused by increasing traffic congestion is posing a serious health threat. A new survey today says the city has seen the biggest increase in traffic congestion of any major city in … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

London Is a Worse Nitrogen Dioxide Polluter Than Beijing

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

An E.U.-mandated shift to diesel cars has sent London’s NO2 emissions through the roof. “It’s a public-health catastrophe,” says one prominent campaignerBritish tabloids may lash out at Chinese smog all they want, but when it comes to one important pollution … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, London, UK | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

London smog: Boris Johnson backs down in air pollution row

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Boris Johnson has given in to demands to appear before a parliamentary inquiry on air pollution, after initially refusing to talk about recent incidents of toxic smog across London. The Mayor wrote to the environmental audit committee earlier this month … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, London, UK | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

London’s Dirty Secret: Pollution Worse Than Beijing’s

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

London has a dirty secret. Levels of the harmful air pollutant nitrogen dioxide at a city-center monitoring station are the highest in Europe. Concentrations are greater even than in Beijing, where expatriates have dubbed the city’s smog the “airpocalypse.” It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Residents shocked at high pollution levels in Kensington and Chelsea

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

A leading scientist believes that air pollution in boroughs like Kensington and Chelsea poses a serious public health concern comparable to obesity and tobacco smoke. Pollution figures for each borough, collected for the first time by Public Health England, reveal that … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment