Category Archives: World News

Long term exposure to air pollution may heighten COVID-19 risk

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Long term exposure to ambient air pollution may heighten the risk of COVID-19 infection, suggests research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine. The association was strongest for particulate matter, with an average annual rise of 1 µg/m3 … Continue reading →

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Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Australian Megafires

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Models suggest that thousands of Australians experienced dangerous levels of air pollution for several months, leading to more than a hundred deaths. From October 2019 to February 2020, fire ripped through the Australian bush with unprecedented intensity, killing 34 people … Continue reading →

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The Lancet Planetary Health: 1.8 million excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019, modelling study suggests

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

A new modelling study finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (or 2. 5 billion people) are exposed to annual average levels of fine particulate matter exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline from 2005. A second study … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: US wildfires now lead to air pollution events affecting millions

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

The simultaneous occurence of extreme levels of ozone and particulate matter have increased significantly in the past decade due to wildfires in the western US The area of the western US hit by the unusually high co-occurrence of two air … Continue reading →

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Air pollution high in NE Hungary

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality has deteriorated in north-east Hungary due to a high concentration of airborne particles, the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said on Monday. NNK declared air quality to be “dangerous” in Sajószentpéter and Kazincbarcika, while air quality has deteriorated … Continue reading →

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Chemical Air Pollution Morphs Into Something Even More Toxic, Study Shows

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Remnants of industrial chemicals in the air can potentially transform into new substances more toxic and persistent than the original pollution, according to a global study published on Wednesday. Using samples gathered around the world, the study published in Nature … Continue reading →

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Welcome to winter in Utah, gunky inversions and how to stay informed

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Welcome to winter and Utah’s first prolonged inversion this season that is choking the Wasatch Front and Cache Valley, leading to mandatory action that prohibits the use of wood-burning devices and has regulators urging people to stay out of their … Continue reading →

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Meat-eating causes 75,000 Chinese deaths a year through pollution

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dietary shifts towards eating more meat causes 75,000 premature deaths a year in China through air pollution, a study shows.  The study, published in the journal Nature Food, is the first to examine how changes in diets in China from … Continue reading →

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