Category Archives: UK

Living or working in China? Here’s how to choose your RESPRO® mask.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution-China.com – How to choose your RESPRO mask When choosing your RESPRO® mask, you should take the following points into consideration: The city you live in, and hence the type of pollution you are exposed to — filtration type The … Continue reading →

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Is your local authority sending its air quality data here? Check AEA-Air Quality England.

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

England’s local council authority’s should be sending their monitoring station pollution levels to this body. If where you live is not represented on the map, then contact your local MP. Having accurate information will help everyone make an informed decision … Continue reading →

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Nowcast – London Air Quality Network » Current Pollution Map

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Want to know when and where you should be wearing your Respro® Pollution Mask? Click the link below to see the pollution levels for your daily cycle or run route.  London Air Quality Network » Nowcast – Current Pollution Map

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‘Invisible’ air pollution: the biggest public health failing or ‘cover-up’ for decades

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution is much worse than most of us realise. Only smoking causes more early deaths than air pollution in the UK.  For more information check out the Campaign for Clean Air blog via ‘Invisible’ air pollution: the biggest public … Continue reading →

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Pollutionwatch: gone with the wind

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollutionwatch: gone with the wind | Environment | guardian.co.uk. The government’s new UK daily air quality index was launched on 1 January. Like the indices for pollen and UV, it aims to condense scientific information into an easy to understand … Continue reading →

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UK experienced top levels of air pollution in March

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollutionwatch: UK experienced top levels of air pollution in March | Environment | The Guardian. Air pollution during March reached the top level of the government’s new pollution index.

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The gluing is no way to clean up London | Dirty air has been linked to up to 30% of childhood asthma

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Boris Johnson, gluing pollution to the ground is no way to clean up London | Siobhan Grimes and Alice Haworth-Booth | Environment | guardian.co.uk. The road spraying is set to continue in the run up to the Olympics in an … Continue reading →

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London’s air pollution levels, monitoring and EU limits

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

BBC News – London’s air pollution levels, monitoring and EU limits. The Department of Environment has claimed London’s air pollution levels are getting better and EU targets for 2011 were met. Andrew Cryan reports on claims that some of the … Continue reading →

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