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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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Green spaces improve schoolchildren’s mental development, study finds

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Green spaces within and around city schools improve the mental development of young children, a study has found. The findings may partly be explained by reduced exposure to traffic pollution, experts believe. Other influences could include the psychological effect of … Continue reading →

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Air pollution kills more than Aids and malaria COMBINED each year

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution results on around 3.2 million early deaths each year From conditions including heart attack, stroke and lung cancer That’s more than early deaths from HIV-Aids and malaria combined Meeting air quality guidelines could prevent 2.1 million early deaths … Continue reading →

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MERS: South Korea Tightens Quarantines to Prevent Spread

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

When death came for one of South Korea’s sufferers of a rare viral outbreak, there was no family farewell. Strict hospital quarantine rules prevented the four children of a suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome patient in Daejeon, central South Korea, … Continue reading →

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Many European countries’ air pollutant emissions above legal limits

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollutant emissions in the EU continue to exceed legal limits, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today. Preliminary data for 2013 shows that ten EU Member States exceeded one or more of their emission … Continue reading →

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South Korea reports seventh death from MERS virus

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

South Korea’s health ministry said on Tuesday a patient infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has died, becoming the seventh fatality in an outbreak that began in May. The ministry said there were eight new cases of … Continue reading →

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Mers South Korea: WHO says more cases anticipated

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

South Korea’s outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is “large and complex” and more cases are expected, World Health Organization experts say. But while it was premature to declare the outbreak over, the WHO said it had “found no evidence” … Continue reading →

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Unhealthy air quality forecast Thursday and Friday

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution is forecast Thursday to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, including children, the elderly, and people with asthma, heart disease or lung disease. The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a “Code Orange” alert across the Baltimore … Continue reading →

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