Category Archives: World News

Diesel vehicle purchases banned by City of London Corporation

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

London’s struggling attempt to battle rising air pollution was given a welcome boost on Monday (1 August), after the City of London Corporation announced a ban on the purchase of diesel vehicles for its business fleets. With a fleet of … Continue reading →

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Dutch activists sue government over air pollution

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dutch environmentalists said Tuesday they are suing the government over poor air quality, saying people’s “fundamental” rights to good health were being infringed. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, the Milieudefensie group alleged “the Netherlands exceeds the legal standards for … Continue reading →

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Murderer Hazy Air Pollution is again over Chinese Capital 

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Schools in the Chinese capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution.Residents of Beijing and other parts of northern China were literally breathing a sigh … Continue reading →

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Rio 2016 Olympics will have the worst polluted air after the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Athletes competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics might be able to avoid swallowing Guanabara Bay’s fetid water, as they have been advised. But there’s no getting around the city’s dirty air. An air analysis by Reuters and Brazilian researchers from … Continue reading →

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Timaru’s 21st high air pollution day 

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Timaru saw its 21st high pollution day on Tuesday – one more than the number of breaches recorded by the same time last year and the eighth consecutive time air quality standards were breached this month. On Tuesday the 24 … Continue reading →

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Why it’s time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Two years ago the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified air pollution as the world’s worst environmental health risk. It estimated that more than seven million people die prematurely due to air pollution every year. That is a staggering one in … Continue reading →

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Hot temperatures provoked air pollution alert in Maine over the weekend

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued on Friday an air quality alert due to unhealthy ground-level ozone concentrations in the air along the Maine Coast from Kittery to Acadia National Park. The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday at … Continue reading →

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Mayor of London offers £11m to tackle air pollution

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is offering funding worth £11 million to tackle air pollution in the capital. Eight of the most polluted boroughs will receive a share of the fund to implement measures to fight toxic air quality and filthy … Continue reading →

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