Category Archives: Latin America

Santiago Smog: Chile Declares Environmental Emergency Over Air Pollution

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Extremely high level of air pollution in the Chilean capital of Santiago has forced authorities to declare a state of environmental emergency in the Santiago metropolitan area for Monday, the country’s environment ministry said in a statement. The emergency measures, which … Continue reading →

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Chile’s air is so polluted that Copa America fans are being told not to barbecue

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

It’s a Chilean tradition. The mad rush home from work early — triggering traffic jams — to light up the barbecue, crack open a beer, and watch the national soccer team bid for glory. Except that at this year’s Copa … Continue reading →

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Air pollution kills 20,000 people a year in Mexico, report says

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution kills more than 20,000 people each year in Mexico and can trigger asthma attacks, especially in urban áreas like Mexico City, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or INEGI, said … Continue reading →

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Chile’s Copa América: Pollution worries hang in the air

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

As South America’s football heroes jet into Chile for the Copa América, a dark cloud is hanging over two host cities where air pollution alerts are worrying organizers and fans. With just days to go to the continental championship which … Continue reading →

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A costly mistake

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Energy subsidies do not just gobble money. They help cook the planet too BIG mistakes in economic policymaking abound. But it would be hard to find a worse one than energy subsidies. Recent research has shown that they enrich middlemen, … Continue reading →

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The Man Measuring Mexico City’s Air Quality Is Part Planner, Part Meteorologist

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Armando Retama Hernandez can cite the daily changes in Mexico City’s air quality like a baseball fan remembering a season’s stats. To explain the pattern of pollution, Retama, who’s the city’s director of atmospheric monitoring, opens his laptop to consult … Continue reading →

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Which city has the world’s worst traffic jams?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has the world’s worst traffic jams according to a new survey by Castrol, its 2014 Magnatec Stop-Start Index. Have sympathy for the city’s drivers, who were recorded as suffering 33,240 stop-starts per year, meaning they spent 27.22% of … Continue reading →

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Spanish Conquest of the Incas Caused Air Pollution to Spike

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

A sample of Peruvian ice has revealed a surge in pollution linked to mining that wasn’t exceeded until the Industrial Revolution The arrival of the Spanish in South America in the late 14th century heralded the destruction of the once … Continue reading →

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