Category Archives: UK

Boris urges tax penalties for all diesel drivers

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Government should tax owners of diesel cars more to push drivers towards cleaner petrol and electric cars, the senior environment advisor to London mayor Boris Johnson has urged. The current push to reward fuel-efficient cars via carbon dioxide-based VED … Continue reading →

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

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

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

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 →

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

Air quality problems in Sheffield and Derbyshire exposed

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

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 →

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

Top 20 most polluted cities in the world

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

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 →

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

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

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

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 →

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

WHO names and shames UK cities breaching safe air pollution levels

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

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 →

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

Salamander Street first in Edinburgh to break annual air pollution limits

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality campaigners are demanding action after Salamander Street air pollution breached government ‘safe’ limits. Salamander Street has become the first street in Edinburgh, and only the second in the whole of Scotland, to breach annual air pollution limits – … Continue reading →

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

London smog: Boris Johnson shuns air pollution inquiry

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Boris Johnson has been accused of taking a reckless approach to Londoners’ health after refusing to appear before a parliamentary investigation into air pollution. The environmental audit committee (EAC) today launched a new inquiry into air pollution following recent dangerous … Continue reading →

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