Category Archives: UK

Air pollution in Silvertown exceeds EU limits, campaigners warn

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution in parts of Silvertown is more than one-and-a-half times the European legal limit, according to a new study. Campaigners from the No to Silvertown Tunnel group, who carried out the research, warn levels will get worse should the … Continue reading →

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Diesel engine pollution linked to early deaths and costs NHS billions

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Diesel engines in buses, vans, cars and trains may be responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year and cost the NHS billions of pounds, say air pollution health experts. With government figures for 2008 showing 29,000 people dying prematurely … Continue reading →

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Aberdeen’s Market Street first in Scotland to break air pollution laws

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality monitoring data has revealed that the Aberdeen thoroughfare has become the first street in Scotland to smash through legal limits for air pollution in 2014. Each day, automatic monitors check the air for tiny dust particles that are … Continue reading →

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Air pollution deaths in south Essex revealed

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

AIR pollution kills 375 people a year in south Essex with many more having years shaved of their lives, health experts estimate. Councils are considering lowering speed limits and urging people to reduce car use as new figures from Public … Continue reading →

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‘Le Smog’ from Paris threatens London air quality as emissions forecast to drift north

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Paris was today urged to clean up its dirty air — to stop Londoners having to breathe it in. Environmental experts from King’s College London predicted emissions from the French capital were due to drift northwards and across the Channel … Continue reading →

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MPs to investigate London’s ‘invisible killer’ – the air we all breathe

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

MPs are to launch a new inquiry into air quality in London amid warnings that thousands of people are dying prematurely due to “invisible killer” pollution, The Standard reveals today. Just days after smog and sand whipped up from the … Continue reading →

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Danger in the air

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Early April’s mixture of air pollution and Saharan dust attracted considerable media attention but air pollution in mid-March was far worse. This prompted emergency measures in Paris and south Belgium including free public transport and car bans. No such actions … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Scotland ’caused 2,000 deaths’

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution may have been responsible for more than 2,000 deaths in Scotland in a single year, according to health professionals. Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said the highest number of deaths attributable to pollution in 2010 were in Glasgow (306) … Continue reading →

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