Category Archives: World News

European air pollution exceeds legal limits

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The human toll for poor air quality is worse than for road traffic accidents, with air pollution responsible for more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU each year. (Source: European Environment Agency – EEA). Read on to find out … Continue reading →

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London schools may be sued if pupils fall ill because of pollution

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Parent could sue London town halls for personal injury to their children for harm caused by toxic air at school, lawyers said today. They stressed that the longer the Government takes to meet EU limits on air pollution, the more … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Now Threatening Health Worldwide

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Humanity is losing the battle for clean air. Despite decades of efforts to combat it, air pollution is taking a growing toll on human health, the environment, and the economy, according to a new Worldwatch Institute study. Once primarily an … Continue reading →

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California wildfire prompts air quality advisory in Las Vegas

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Smoke drifting into the Las Vegas Valley from a wildfire in the San Bernardino, Calif., area has prompted Clark County to issue an air quality advisory. The advisory for smoke and ground-level ozone is in effect through Friday. At this … Continue reading →

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Ontario Launches New Air Quality Health Index

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

New Tool Will Help Ontarians Make Informed Decisions About Their Health Today Ontario launched the new Air Quality Health Index to give Ontarians better information about health risks due to air pollution. The Air Quality Health Index works like the … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: Delhi is dirty, but how do other cities fare?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

The WHO last week named India’s capital the worst of 1,600 cities for PM2.5 particles. What are the other measures of pollution, and do the experts agree? Last year, a study by the World Health Organisation found that Delhi had … Continue reading →

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Chile’s largest city temporarily shut down due to smog ’emergency’

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Measures relaxed on Monday night after cars were ordered off streets of Santiago, businesses shut and 7 million residents told to stay indoors Authorities in Chile’s capital shut down hundreds of businesses and ordered hundreds of thousands of cars off … Continue reading →

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All choked up: did Britain’s dirty air make me dangerously ill?

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Three months ago, a surgeon at Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital took a saw, ripped through my sternum, levered open my ribcage, cut into the aorta of my still-beating heart and stitched in a vein from my leg. The long, … Continue reading →

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