Category Archives: Middle East

Qatar’s air pollution unacceptably high 44 percent of the year

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Amid ongoing concern about air pollution in Qatar, a new environmental report shows harmful airborne particles exceeded recommended levels for 159 days of the year in 2012. The Environment Statistics Annual Report 2013, recently issued by the Ministry of Development, … Continue reading →

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Environmentalists: Air pollution can be curbed if Israel implements more efficient transportation

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Transitioning to a more efficient transportation structure could save Israelis billions of shekels and prevent enormous amounts of pollution annually, the founders of an air pollution monitoring app have concluded. Seemingly minor changes like optimizing traffic flow, filling buses to … Continue reading →

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Countries with the worst air pollution ranked by World Health Organisation

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

THERE are some countries in the world where the air is so polluted you can forget about coming home with a healthy holiday glow. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its 2014 report into global air pollution with some concerning … Continue reading →

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Iran to produce 0.4m electric motorcycles to help reduce air pollution

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Iran plans to place 400,000 electric motorcycles and 140,000 hybrid taxi cabs on the market as part of a plan backed by the Oil Ministry to help environment protection, said the managing director of Iran Fuel Conservation Company (IFCC). Elaborating … Continue reading →

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Iran Plans to Increase Supply of Euro-4 Petrol to Reduce Air Pollution

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Saeed Mahjoubi, a top official of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company NIORDC, announced proper catalyst is being purchased for the refinery to start producing euro-4 gasoline by March 2015. He further added that the Lavan oil refinery … Continue reading →

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Air pollution fears at holy sites

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pilgrims visiting the holy sites of Saudi Arabia, including Mecca, are being exposed to significant air pollution, with high levels of combustion tracer carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detected in samples, a new study shows. Several one-minute … Continue reading →

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Pollutionwatch: The world’s dirtiest cities

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

For the first time in history, over half the world’s population now live in cities. But only 12% of urban dwellers enjoy airborne particle pollutionthat meets World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. Globally, lowest city air pollution is in Canada and Iceland … Continue reading →

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Iran sees reduction of air pollution in Tehran

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Iran, which is experiencing some big problems relating to air pollution, is trying to resolve the problems through various ways. As a result of government’s measures to address the problems, air pollution in Iran’s capital city Tehran has diminished recently. … Continue reading →

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