Category Archives: UK

Worst year for hayfever misery

Bad news for the Uk’s 16 million hay fever sufferers. This year’s hay fever season is set to be the worst ever as a perfect storm of weather conditions bring misery to millions. Express.co.uk – Home of the Daily and … Continue reading →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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